Leigh Steinberg Quotes

I am more focused on the games; things like contracts I leave with my agent.

I have an agent now.

For me, it is about creating a career - I'm very interested in the sports side and want to continue to do more stuff in that. But ultimately, what I consider myself to be is an actor, and the more variety I can play will continue to round me out.

The sport needs a personality, not a fighter. We've got plenty of great fighters in the sport, but no personalities. No one is standing for anything. The last personality we had was Mike Tyson. He stood for something. It wasn't much, but he stood for something.

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

I'm an ambassador 24 hours a day.

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.

It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients.

I get a lot of comments from people that I remind them of a young Tom Hanks.

My dad even likes to give me career advice. I'll let him know about some offers about films and TV shows that I get, and he'll ask me questions like, 'What's the money like?' and 'Who got this for you - was it your agent or manager, and what are they getting out of this?'

I will not play for Tottenham.

Sometimes it is difficult to understand why some players have certain agents.

My job is to focus on the pitch, what happens off it is something for my agent.

I was very fortunate to come into sports representation with Arn Tellem; he has helped me understand the business in the same way that we help out clients find solutions to their problems.

I'm a movie star. Can I talk to my entertainment lawyer?

A player has no use for an agent. None.

Hey, everybody, Jerry Maguire's here.

Pictures are packaged and cast by agents.

I like that guy Matthew Perry a lot.

In the back of my mind, I always knew I wanted to be in the sports representation business. Being an ex-player, I knew that those were the people I wanted to work with.

There were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for.

It's difficult to say no when Manchester City want you and you could play there. That much I have to admit.

I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.