Better Quote by Frank Deford

And historically the owners have used loyalty to a team or a city to hold players as opposed to always paying their worth.

— Lynn Swann

Owners want to make their team a winner so they can get more fans in the stands, and that's why they go after the…

— Moses Malone

Obviously, you want to get the best deal possible for yourself, but teams just don't want to spend that money for fear of being…

— Jason Terry

You now have these owners who are all successful businessmen, and they think they should be winning. They come in thinking that they should…

— Harry Redknapp

Teams buy players and change managers if they feel they need change at the club.

— Harry Kane

Good owners aren't buying franchises because they think it's a good economic deal. They're buying franchises because they're a huge fan of the sport…

— Michael G. Rubin

The owners need to have some protection against players jumping from team to team. The fans have the right to expect some continuity on…

— George Blanda

We need more flexibility and ownership over the value we bring to the league.

— Spencer Dinwiddie

Some people want to stay with one team but they get traded.

— Zion Williamson

The money's there in England. They try to gather the best players. We do it differently here at Bayern. We have no investors, no…

— Niko Kovac

Sports is such a cyclical thing; it's often feast or famine. But what you try and do as an owner is build a winning…

— Paul Allen

City are great examples of buying players to spread the wealth around.

— Owen Hargreaves