Leigh Steinberg Quotes

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• Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Work, Fields, Interest

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• The only thing certain about any negotiation is that it will lead to another
  negotiation .

  Leigh Steinberg

  Business, Negotiation, Certain

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• Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

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  Niche, Economy, Profile

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!

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  Reflection, Social Values, Needs

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• I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Everyday, Add, Parts Of Life

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• Whatever fighting words you hear from the bargaining table, the reality is that with the new TV contract about to take effect and the incredibly lucrative ancillary revenue streams, both sides know we are on the verge of ushering in the most lucrative payday in the history of professional sports. The history of professional football is that nothing happens until the very last moment.

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  Sports, Football, Fighting

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• 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.

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  Athlete, Reality, Alcohol

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• 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.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Player, Injury, Periods

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• Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

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  Challenges, Challenge Yourself, Fine

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• I love the values football can teach. It gives young people a sense of how to defer present gratification for future success, it teaches self-discipline, it teaches teamwork, it gives them a bonding experience that can be hard to find somewhere else, it teaches the ability to process large amounts of information and apply it in real time.

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  Teamwork, Football, Real

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Athlete, Years, Chance

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• 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.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Football, Athlete, People

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• A player cannot be part of the training camp experience as a rookie unless he is signed to a contract.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Player, Training, Rookies

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• People who have addictive problems usually have some subset of emotional difficulties that causes them to abuse substances.

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  Emotional, People, Abuse

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Play, Economy, Cruise

  "Superstar agent's image savaged in court battle / Steinberg wins breach-of-contract suit, but at high PR cost" by C.W. Nevius, www.sfgate.com. November 18, 2002.

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• The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

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  People, Intimidation, Intimidating

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• 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.

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  Football, Player, Grease

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• You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.

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  Sports, Looks, Agents

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• So George Burns and my grandpa took me to my first baseball game.

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  Baseball, Games, Grandpa

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• For a generation that gets most of its information off a computer screen (be it Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter or what have you), an athlete has to be very careful about the public/private aspect of that. Be careful not to be overly critical, be careful with use of language, and understand the whole world is watching.

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  Athlete, Generations, Use

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• We live in a niche world.

  Leigh Steinberg

  World, Niche, Economy

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• When it comes to holdouts, there's a presupposition that the player is some angry rebel who's defying authority and only cares about the money.

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  Player, Rebel, Care

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.

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  Moving, Nfl, Stronger

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• There's never a benefit to bragging too much about a deal because the only sure thing is that I'm probably going to be dealing with that same general manager or that same person over and over again.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Benefits, Too Much, Bragging

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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