Professional Leagues Quotes

Regions' role in detecting and developing a raw talent is no secret, as they work so hard to produce top class players who go on to represent departments, then national team, and also play in different leagues of the world.

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.

It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports.

For me, and I've been on record saying it, let's create two leagues: one for players who want the college football experience, and another for those that want to get paid, have the NFL help fund it, whatever. Guys who don't want to go to school to get an education, let them go to work.

I'm very, very amateur, which is funny because I'm not in the amateur leagues.

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA.

American leagues - baseball, ice hockey, American football and basketball - you are the best. But in a global sport like soccer, you're not.

I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N.B.A.

I suspect the real reason the N.F.L. and N.B.A. don't want high schoolers and college underclassmen to play with their ball is that they don't want to jeopardize their relationship with National Collegiate Athletic Association, which serves as a sort of free minor league and unpaid promotional department for the pros.

Spain and England have great leagues, and it would be nice to play there when the time comes.

You don't grow up saying you wanna play in the CFL.

Sports can't be run by governments.

My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.

The NBA has been extraordinary in its use and embrace of social media; they are by far the leader in professional sports.

Football's a global game.

Tennis has been around for so long - women have been playing the majors since the 1800s. Other sports have not had professional leagues for women for as long.

I have friends who ended up playing professionally in the Middle East and Europe.

I find European football sometimes a little boring.

Football is getting bigger but ice hockey is still the biggest sport back home.