League Quotes · Page 5

When I started in the press there were really ink-stained wretches. Not everybody went to college. Now, everybody at the New York…

— Joe Klein

My fellow players are sometimes occupying the spaces I want to play in. That forces me to adjust my runs, based on…

— Robin van Persie

I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

— Yogi Berra

I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.

— Gary Carter

I dream of playing in the English league.

— Robinho

One day he [Wagner] was batting against a young pitcher who had just come into the league. The catcher was a kid,…

— Burleigh Grimes

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the…

— Jennie Finch

Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.

— Phil Rizzuto

I love the Champions League.

— Erling Haaland

We need a system where all of our teams have the opportunity to compete and to make a few dollars. That's not…

— David Stern

At nineteen I was pretty sure I was going to be a professional soccer player. At that time I played for one…

— Jo Nesbo

Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

In this league, the truth helps guys out.

— Monty Williams

Shut your noise, you old c***!

— Alan Pardew

It does not make a goalkeeper look good and, after it, I did not want to celebrate out of respect for him.

— Asmir Begovic

Anyone who's seen the Wigan [League] players stripped has been faced with the raw truth of the matter... No time for male…

— Colin Welland

I tried to push him away with my head. I apologise to everyone. I should not have got involved in it.

— Alan Pardew

It had been a great career. I mean, how many guys can say they averaged two points a game in their careers?…

— Johnny Bucyk

The Saints are Louisiana's team and have been since the late '60s when my predecessor Pete Rozelle welcomed them to the league…

— Paul Tagliabue

After several years in the league, when a player becomes a vested veteran in the NFL, they play under a different set…

— Brendan Daly

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

— Harold Pinter

I'd probably be the most unintimidating three-hole hitter in the league at 150 pounds.

— Trea Turner

Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball.

— Tom Hanks

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

— Roger Goodell

National League umpires wear inside chest protesters.

— Jerry Coleman