Leigh Steinberg

“Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!”

“Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown.”

“We can always find creative ways to do things.”

“We live in a niche world.”

“As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.”

“Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.”

“School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.”

“It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school.”

“I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.”

“I ran track, and basically played every sport.”

“The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.”

“But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.”

“Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.”

“The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man.”

“Then the Angels came in 1961, and I fell in love with them.”

“Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.”

“The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.”

“I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation.”

“Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.”

“Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.”