#layers

The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#business #certainly #down #fans #good

I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.' ↗

— Roger Goodell

#avoid #college #college level #coming #decide

What is true of the NFL is that it has been well-managed over the years. And that has been beneficial to the fans, it's been beneficial to the game itself, it's been beneficial to the players, coaches and everyone involved. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#beneficial #coaches #everyone #fans #game

Golf is growing, and there are more good young players, but you don't see them going abroad. It's so expensive to travel. ↗

— Retief Goosen

#expensive #going #golf #good #growing

I'm very proud of our NHL players. I think they all handle themselves extremely well and they all work really hard. ↗

— Wayne Gretzky

#handle #hard #i #i think #nhl

I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#least #like #matter #me #opinion

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#becomes #develop #develops #football #players

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#authorities #backed #black #few #i

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ↗

— Kirk Hammett

#fall #get #great #guitar #guitar players

Black and white players hadn't appeared together in public before Teddy Wilson and I began working with B.G. ↗

— Lionel Hampton

#before #began #black #black and white #hadn