--- title: "11 Salary Cap Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Salary Cap quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Salary Cap sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/stan-van-gundy-7739_cap_i-d-get-rid-of-it-just-get-rid-of-the-dr_480579.png" --- > [I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-van-gundy/i-d-get-rid-of-it-just-get-rid-of-the-draft-altogether-we-d-just-deal/) [Stan Van Gundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-van-gundy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/993/stan-van-gundy-7739_cap_i-d-get-rid-of-it-just-get-rid-of-the-dr_480579.png) > [If you want to win in this league, you need quality depth management, in the age of the salary cap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kraft/if-you-want-to-win-in-this-league-you-need-quality-depth-management/) [Robert Kraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/robert-kraft-12570_age_if-you-want-to-win-in-this-league-you-ne_3068904.jpg) > [In the salary-cap-free world of MLB, you get what you pay for... but only if you pay the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-morello/in-the-salary-cap-free-world-of-mlb-you-get-what-you-pay-for-but-only/) [Tom Morello](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-morello/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/tom-morello-5390_get_in-the-salary-cap-free-world-of-mlb-you_2156717.jpg) > [Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eniola-aluko/italian-sides-will-find-it-hard-to-attract-the-world-s-top-players/) [Eniola Aluko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eniola-aluko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/eniola-aluko-5727_find_italian-sides-will-find-it-hard-to-attra_1167015.jpg) > [It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-jones/it-wouldn-t-be-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-if-we-didn-t-have-a/) [Jerry Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/jerry-jones-18881_cap_it-wouldn-t-be-the-worst-thing-in-the-wo_2187522.jpg) > [If you understand our salary cap, you have to be logical. If Barry Sanders , for instance, came out of retirement, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gruden/if-you-understand-our-salary-cap-you-have-to-be-logical-if-barry/) [Jon Gruden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gruden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/jon-gruden-3924_caps_if-you-understand-our-salary-cap-you-hav_1542526.jpg) > [The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cone/the-owners-said-that-they-wanted-the-salary-cap-and-refused-to/) [David Cone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/david-cone-22628_abide_the-owners-said-that-they-wanted-the-sal_493186.png) > [You can't just go out and buy players and make a super team, because it's so hard to do that. The salary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-mcdavid/you-can-t-just-go-out-and-buy-players-and-make-a-super-team-because/) [Connor McDavid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connor-mcdavid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/connor-mcdavid-5935_football_you-can-t-just-go-out-and-buy-players-an_446653.jpg) > [It's really hard. And it's harder today because of the salary cap. It starts in September at training camp - getting every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-gretzky/it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-because-of-the-salary-cap-it/) [Wayne Gretzky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-gretzky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/wayne-gretzky-4019_april_it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-b_141913.jpg) > [You can control your own destiny a little bit better in college. It's hard to control all the variables, especially with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-saban/you-can-control-your-own-destiny-a-little-bit-better-in-college-it-s/) [Nick Saban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-saban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/nick-saban-2879_control_you-can-control-your-own-destiny-a-littl_328929.jpg) > [The greatest decisions I've made in my life are by instinct. I remember when I hired Bill I had a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kraft/the-greatest-decisions-i-ve-made-in-my-life-are-by-instinct-i/) [Robert Kraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93a/robert-kraft-12570_bills_the-greatest-decisions-i-ve-made-in-my-l_172505.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/salary-cap/#itemlist", "name": "Salary Cap Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. 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That's your life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wayne Gretzky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-gretzky/it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-because-of-the-salary-cap-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/wayne-gretzky-4019_april_it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-b_141913.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/wayne-gretzky-4019_april_it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-b_141913.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/wayne-gretzky-4019_april_it-s-really-hard-and-it-s-harder-today-b_141913.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's really hard. And it's harder today because of the salary cap. 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