We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.
I don't know if there's an actors' slow-pitch softball league I could join. My agency has a team, but they say it would be a conflict of interest for the people they rep to play because I could hit a pop-up and they'd have to drop it on purpose.
I wanted to be a part of something special and contributing to the launch of a new league was very exciting to me.
Today, Negroes play on every big league club and in every minor league. With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life, we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in. In baseball or out, we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality - we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.
I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.
You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
The league, is doing well. It is just a matter of trying to sort some things out with my contract.
The new disease was named chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and the NFL fervently and repeatedly denied that such a thing had anything to do with the league or its players.
I have to have a passionate connection to my films, which I do with 'Justice League Dark.' I have a way into the story that's personal, the way I have a connection to 'The Wall.'
Liverpool have won everything but never a World Championship. I am sure in the future they will once again make the effort to win the tournament. They have had good rhythm in the Premier League this season.
Here in the Premier League, you have to give 100 per cent for the whole 90 minutes. It's not like after 70 minutes you can say, 'We're 2-0 up, so let's have some fun now' - that doesn't happen in the Premier League.
I had three very successful years in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, but I had the opportunity to move to one of the biggest clubs in the highest-profile league in the world.
I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver.
The Champions League is a big ambition, and all the footballers want to play in it; it is a very important competition.
If you're not a player, it's hard to get into this league. You need a small opportunity that you turn into a bigger opportunity.
Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.
I got kicked out of the league because I had a hard time sustaining at the quarterback position.
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States.
I've been fortunate and blessed to further my career in the Arena Football League, and I've had a good time doing it.
In London, you'll be walking around and, 'Oh, there's the ground.' Every area of the city has a Premier League club. They all survive; they all exist with enough money, and that's good.
I watched Gretzky, I watched Lemieux. Maybe it's the time when you're playing, but for a kid coming into the league, you play the Boston Bruins and you just watched Bobby Orr.
Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task.
Honestly, being a 5'11" quarterback, not too many people think that you can play in the National Football League. And so for me, you know, I knew that my height doesn't define my skill set, you know? I believed in my talent. I believed in what God gave me. I believed in the knowledge that I have of the game.
With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
I always want to play and help, especially when we're at the top of the league.
Most players in this league say they want consistency.
My wish is that soccer in the U.S. become on the same level like the Premier League, Spanish league, or the Bundesliga.
I think La Liga is the best league in the world.
I knew my worth. I knew I could be one of the best 2-guards in the league. I'm not going to be bashful about it anymore.
When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had.
And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher.
You know when you have a manager that is always successful, is always in the title race and always playing in the Champions League.
The Premier League is a championship that amazes me. I like the playing style and the teams.
Like the Negro League players, I traveled through the segregated south as a young man. Because I was black, I was denied service at many restaurants and could only drink from water fountains marked 'Colored.' When I went to the movies, I would have to sit in the Colored balcony.
Football, I thought, would be a tough sport to make a living in. There is no minor league. You either make it to the NFL or you don't.
