Words matter. These are the best Leigh Steinberg Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.
I’d like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared – it’s an everyday part of life.
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting – or the authorities even prosecuting – a pro athlete were practically nil.
Then I went to UCLA – so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan… and later came to football.
I try to live in the moment, every moment.
When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.
We’re all negotiators.
Then the Angels came in 1961, and I fell in love with them.
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.
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.
School gives you the freedom to explore different philosophies, religions, aspects of yourself, and subjects.
As for football in L.A., it’s going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.
Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen.
You know, we don’t look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.
Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don’t know what happened to my Dodgers.
We live in a niche world.
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.
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.
My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that’s where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.
Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.
Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.
In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes – but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.
