A biography for Oliver Luckhasn’t been written yet.
“We're trying to keep the 'foot' in 'football.'”
“I'd always been interested in politics.”
“If you can't envision where you're going, you'll have a hard time getting there.”
“Even athletic directors can do the simple math. Five conferences, five power conferences, and only four slots.”
“I spoke to a bunch of University of Houston students and said, 'One of the beauties of the free enterprise system we have in this country is that there's capital that people are willing to put at risk for new ventures and startups.'”
“What annoys me? People that aren't willing to look at change or look at improvement.”
“The wagering thing for a lawyer is very interesting. Will there be mobile sports wagering? Will there be mobile prop betting? Conceivably, someone sitting in basketball area placing prop bets on a mobile phone while the individual is 10 feet from the court? Some of the possibilities are angst-producing.”
“If there's anything my kids have taught me, it's that my general belief in the good qualities of college athletics is alive and well.”
“That's what we do as a nation, we're all Monday morning quarterbacks.”
“Yeah, I think anyone who plays the game for any length of time will pick up a concussion or two or three. I did.”
“There are a lot off very good college players after a year or two who may not want to play that third year of college football, may need to earn a little money, support the family.”
“There is nothing worse than sitting in a ballpark and somebody is vomiting behind you.”
“I've got a balance sheet. Every year I have to figure out how much I generate and what I spend, and keep those two somewhat in relationship.”
“In the game of football today - whether it's pro, college or even high school arguably - your quarterback play is determinative.”
“Our players are our human capital and we want to make sure that, while football remains a pretty rough, tough game, that we're doing all that we can to make sure that they're as safe as possible in terms of equipment and penalties.”
“It's hard to play quarterback in professional football.”
“But for me it's critical to have pro football in Europe on a weekly basis. One exhibition game a year over here isn't going to do it.”
“We love professional sports in this country. We love college sports in this country.”
“I think it should be hard to get into the playoff. It really should.”
“We've always had talented kids coming out of Maryland, Baltimore, D.C., Virginia, New Jersey, eastern Ohio, Columbus, Akron.”