Developing Quote by Charlie Baker

As professional athletes, we get pitched business or investment opportunities all the time, wherever we are.

— Rob Gronkowski

If you offer athletes stipends, then you're into pay-for-play, and that's the ballgame. People should realize that, and they should realize that amateurism never…

— Charlie Pierce

But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry…

— Craig Benson

I think when you have big-time businesses around that want to be part of the sports community and the athletic community it's a huge…

— Travis Kelce

Obviously, the technology community in Massachusetts competes in a global economy, and our efforts to create a more competitive environment recognizes that competitiveness at…

— Christopher Anderson

We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff…

— Darius Rucker

We, in the business world, invest our money to make a profit. Sports teams make a good profit. That's the way the system should…

— Norman Braman

My belief is that sport has to do much more than just investing in itself. We need to close the gap between elite sport…

— David James

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics…

— Susan Orlean

Boston is really a small town, and the pro sports here are almost like a college sport.

— Stephen Pagliuca

I believe that investment in sports is investment in youth. And that, in turn, is investment in the future.

— Naveen Patnaik

Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.

— Lucy Powell