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Commissioner Inspirational Quotes (16)

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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Everett Dirksen
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People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis they don't want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.
Pete Rozelle
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I am a man of principle, and one of my basic principles is flexibility.
Everett Dirksen
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At least I'm going into the job with clean hands.
Pete Rozelle
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The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington.
Pete Rozelle
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During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.
Everett Dirksen
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But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.
Everett Dirksen
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Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here!
Everett Dirksen
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The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.
Everett Dirksen
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I don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought. I think it's a logical point they could make, but it's only an academic one
Pete Rozelle
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In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners.
Pete Rozelle
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The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Everett Dirksen
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Whatever the color of a man's skin, we are all mankind. So every denial of freedom, of equal opportunity for a livelihood, or for an education, diminishes me.
Everett Dirksen
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When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.
Everett Dirksen
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We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.
Everett Dirksen
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Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake.
Pete Rozelle