The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.

My tastes in all things lean towards the arty and boring. I like sports documentaries about Scrabble players bands that play quiet unassuming music and TV shows that win awards. In that way I am an elitist snob.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.

We're going to have more kids playing and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.

The families of many athletes - incensed at the sports leagues and hoping to make games safer overall - are increasingly making the brains of players who die prematurely and suspiciously available for study. Some athletes are even making the bequest themselves.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports and especially relationships between players and coaches that people lose track lose a sense of reality.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy let them buy a dog.

The fewer rules a coach has the fewer rules there are for players to break.

He's going to be around a long long time if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.