Hundred Quote by Jim Bouton

It's not just the players, it's the culture. Sometimes it's the people around them; the people who are looking after them - the money…

— Ryan Giggs

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

This is a tragedy for the players. Their careers are short and this is money and opportunity they'll never get back.

— Gary Bettman

As the players get younger and younger, and the teams value younger players, the players' best years are when they're being paid the least.

— Trevor Bauer

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

Players must understand that if they go after more lucrative contracts, then they forfeit their chances of playing in the national team.

— Clarence Seedorf

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

— Jason Giambi

I'll argue with the owners all day long when they do not allow the players to get the best.

— Bruce Grobbelaar

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power…

— Yogi Berra

If the owner of a franchise is approached and promised good money for his team to lose an irrelevant game, he tells his players…

— Rashid Latif

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were…

— Guy Lafleur

If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up.

— Tony La Russa