I think, because of the lack of guaranteed contracts in the league, there’s hesitancy to speaking your minds at times. But I feel like there could be a movement beginning where guys are feeling a little more comfortable talking about things that are important to them.
I have goals and ambitions, and I see myself as a lifelong baseball student. I have certain philosophies that I’d like to test at some point at the big league level. The job of manager appeals to me, a coach appeals to me, at a different time frame.
We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.
You look at all the elite players around the League, the guys that are responsible defensively, the guys that can score at will, they kind of do it all.
I used to watch every episode of ‘Justice League,’ I went to all the movies, I had the Superman lunchbox. I was enamored with animation in general and always wanted to somehow be a part of it.
The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today don’t have. There wasn’t the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom.
As a supporter of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and their Home Run Challenge program, I am extremely grateful for the valuable partnerships and relationships built with Major League Baseball and our affiliates.
I won the most important league in Europe, I think – not just Europe but the world – the Premier League.
In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major League career.
That’s what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform – is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in ’86.
To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
I never was brought into the league thinking as far as, you know, statistics, things like that. We were really brought into the league in a team concept. Everything was focused around winning.
The Championship’s a tough division, a strong league. Playing in this league, I’m improving and still think I can get to a higher level, definitely, and play more consistent.
I know what I’m capable of and I had that chance to show that on the national team, but also, more importantly, the Summer League.
I’d say specifically after ‘Get Smart,’ people now know me either as The Guy from ‘Get Smart’ or ‘She’s Out of My League.’ When that came out on DVD, everyone was recognizing me from that.
It hurt me a great deal. It put a lot of pressure on me because I was at a young age and the writers around here and throughout the league starting comparing me to Cobb. It put a lot of pressure on me.
Any strengthening of the squad, in a League and Champions League which demands so much, is a good thing because you need many top quality players.
First of all, I think it is not easy to win a title in the Premier League, as you have really good teams here.
We also need people like social workers, volunteers, the Christian Industrial League, drug treatment programs to make sure you are getting them a job. That’s what you have to do. Otherwise, we just keep stepping around these things.
Timing is everything in this league, and I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. But I never lost my confidence. Atlanta was changing coaches and systems. I knew they’d make personnel changes.
There’s a reason that male golfers don’t compete against female golfers. They’re in a league of their own, and it would end in tears. It’s time to apply this logic to the online world.
Generally in the Little League you’re up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a walk. Isn’t that beautiful way to learn to hit? For four years you stand up there looking for a walk.
I’ve never made an All-Star Game, but I’ve always had my peers’ and coaches’ respect around the league.
Ronaldo has nothing to prove to anyone, he has proved his talent by being the top scorer in England. He has proved it by winning the Premier League, by winning the Champions League, with Manchester United.
I used to love Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, and the Human League.
I was late to the Knicks. My dad was a big fan. But I first started watching baseball; I became a Red Sox fan. My dad was a Mets fan. I wanted to have my own team and league.
Draymond Green is one of the best in the league at grabbing a defensive rebound and starting the break.
Major League Baseball is a national institution and we take our responsibilities seriously when it comes to how the game affects the lives of American youth.
The league is getting bigger; the names are getting bigger. The league is getting younger and I really think it has some legs to it.
I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.
This is one of the last unique things to do in the business of sports, to return the National Football League to the city of Los Angeles. I happen to love the city of Los Angeles; I happen to love the NFL – and to somehow be a part of that, a helper in that process, is something I’ve always been interested in.
A lot of young guys coming up in this league, they’re given the spotlight right away, depending on draft stature or whatever the case may be.
I’m looking forward to the new adventure. Playing in the Premier League was always my dream, and I’m definitely going to relish this opportunity and give my absolute everything for this club.
I know what a Champions League final is like.
The intensity in the Premier League is a bit higher than most of the other leagues.
Winning is the easiest thing that I ever did in the NBA, but being able to come to the realization of what it means to compete in this league no matter what – win, lose or draw – was the most difficult thing.
We do a lot of great things, but it’s a competitive league. A lot of great guys around us do the work and help us elevate our game, and that’s what makes the NFL so special. We have a lot of competitive players who are the best in the world at what they do, and they all compete against each other.
There are a lot of good football players in the league. You just try to keep yourself grounded.
I always had a frisson when I heard the Champions League music. To play in that competition, to score a goal in it, is something special for me.
In the summertime, I played Little League baseball; football in the fall; basketball in the winter.
Did I think it was hypocritical that a professional league making hundreds of millions of dollars off beer sponsorships was telling me not to drink? Yes.
I have six brothers and one sister, and I was an ice hockey player when I was younger. I think my dad thought I was going to be in the women’s league for ice hockey. But, I totally fell in love with drama in grade school, and I asked my mom if I could get involved with it.
It doesn’t matter if it is the League Cup, the FA Cup, or the Europa League. We want to do our best to try and win them all.
I love the Premier League, the quality of the players, the quality of the coaches. There are great challenges. But there are arms and legs flying off managers down there.
I don’t mean to diminish the job, it’s a good job and a real pressure job. But I don’t think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We’re bench players, and bench players shouldn’t be M.V.P.
Despite the fact that every sport this side of badminton worries about concussions that result in brain damage, CTE, the National Hockey League refuses to accept the overwhelming medical science. Good grief – the NHL still permits fights.
As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.
When you play in the Champions League, you are switched on – very, very smart and focused on every situation.
The league, I think, is doing well. It’s growing, it’s maturing, and it’s becoming a better league.
Of course, the best thing, if you play in the Premier League, you can always develop further as a player, and you are playing against the best players. You are also playing game after game all the time, two or three games a week.
I played Little League in junior high and high school.
I came into this league by myself, and I’ll leave by myself.
A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we’re on television. It makes a difference. It’s shows what’s possible.
I’ve always been clear – I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It’s a big team but an inferior league. I don’t want to return to France, because I’ve won everything over there – the league title, cup, best player, best young player.
The league is interesting because it’s evident everyone can beat everyone. And sometimes things happen you just don’t understand. This might be referee decisions or the running paths or passes of a teammate. It’s different than in Europe, but you have to take things as they are.
