“As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.” PeopleWayKidsPlayerBasketballPaidEntrepreneurBasketball PlayerCool PeopleIdolized Author:Ben Silbermann
“If you are afraid to write or edit or assemble or disassemble, you are merely a spectator. And you are trapped, trapped by the instructions of those you've chosen to follow. Twenty people in the field and eighty thousand in the stands. The spectators are the ones who paid to watch, but it's the player on the field who are truly alive.” PeopleIfsWritingMotivationalWatchesAlivePlayerFieldsThousandPaidTwentiesChosenInstructionTrappedSpectatorsEightyEdits Author:Seth Godin
“I grew up watching my Dad, Uncles Ciaran Murray and Brendan Murray, and cousin, Aedin Murray, who were all national caliber Gaelic football players in Ireland. I try to watch as much Gaelic football as I can, it is my first love. I bleed Green, White, and Orange. Gaelic football players don’t get paid to play, you play to represent your county that is more important than earning money.” TryingFirstsI CanImportantPlayWhiteWatchesPlayerFootballGrewDadGrew UpPaidGreenMy DadIrelandFirst LoveEarningUnclesOrangeCousinCountyFootball PlayerCaliberEarning MoneyGaelic Author:Patrick Murray
“The NFL draft is going to be this Thursday. That's a huge night for college players. That's the night they start being paid over the table.” NightPlayerFootballCollegeHugePaidTablesNflThursday Author:Jay Leno
“I get paid to play football, not to sit on the bench, I don't enjoy that. Over the years loads of players have been very happy to do that and pick up their money. That used to really wind me up.” YearsHas BeensPlayUsedEnjoyPlayerFootballWindPicksPaidLoadVery HappyBenches Author:Kevin Kilbane
“The dollar that's being paid the players has hurt the game. The players take advantage of coaches. The players' attitude is, "I make more than you, so don't tell me what to do."” GamesHurtAttitudePlayerAdvantagePaidDollarsCoaches Author:Chick Hearn
“You can't say that being a fan is more serious, because players are trying to do better in order to get paid better.” TryingOrderPlayerFansSeriousPaid Author:David Ortiz
“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“When I was a child I had a dream to become a football player. I always played as I played when I was a child. I tried to improve. I never dreamt of becoming a professional football player, I dreamed just to play with the best players in the best team. I never dreamed to be paid to play. I would have paid to play an FA Cup Final in front of 80,000 people in Wembley. I just tried to play the wonderful game that football is. So, I hope young players will still have this dream.” PeopleChildrenStillsPlayDreamYoungGamesPlayerWonderfulTeamFrontsFootballBecomingPaidFinalsCupsBest PlayersFootball PlayerI Had A DreamBest TeamCup Finals Author:Eric Cantona
“If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it for free, and that's just disgraceful.” IfsStatesKidsSportsPoorUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeInvolvedPaidDisgraceful Author:Frank Deford
“It's not easy when you come in as the highest-paid player and you're 14.” EasyPlayerHighestPaid Author:Freddy Adu
“I get paid a lot of money to play a game with the greatest players in the world. What could be better than that?” WorldPlayGamesPlayerPaidLots Of Money Author:Jim Edmonds
“If the owner of a franchise is approached and promised good money for his team to lose an irrelevant game, he tells his players to lose the game and they don't care because they get paid huge amounts anyway.” IfsCareGamesLosesPlayerTeamHugeAmountPaidDon't CareOwnersIrrelevantGood Money Author:Rashid Latif
“What's disappointing about @usopengolf is the fans not being about to walk around the course/get close enough to most of the greens to cheer. Fans are having a hard time walking the course. They can barely see anything from outside the ropes. I would be pissed if I paid a lot of money for tickets and could barely see the top players hit golf shots.” IfsHardEnoughWould BeCoursesWalksPlayerFansWalkingShotsPaidGolfHard TimesCheerLots Of MoneyTicketsRopeDisappointingHaving A Hard Time Author:Billy Horschel
“As much as we disliked the Yankees, fans and players alike, they were good for baseball. They consistently unsuccessful teams like the Browns, Senators, and A's paid a lot of their bills with those big crowds that poured through the gates when the Yankees came to town.” BigsPlayerTeamFansBaseballPaidTownsBillsCrowdsGatesConsistentlySenatorsYankeesUnsuccessful Author:Bob Feller
“I get an adrenaline rush from "playing with the big boys." I consider myself a tomboy and was an athlete in high school, so I like to "talk shop" anyway. But it's fun to actually get paid to cover the NFL with all these incredible former players and sports anchors.” BigsSchoolFunSportsBoysPlayerHigh SchoolPaidIncrediblesAthleteFormerNflShopsAnchorsAdrenalineAdrenaline Rush Author:Megan Alexander
“No pro football player should die of heatstroke, any more than cholera, in this day and age if the most basic attention is paid and precautions are taken.” IfsShouldAgeDiesAttentionTakenPlayerFootballPaidThis DayFootball PlayerPrecautionCholeraPro Football Author:Sally Jenkins
“Samuel Eto'o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at £350,000 per week - that's £5,000 a day” WorldPlayerWeekHighestPaid Author:Clive Tyldesley