Quotes by Leigh Steinberg

About Leigh Steinberg:

Leigh William Steinberg is an American sports agent. During his 41-year career, Steinberg has represented over 300 professional athletes in football, baseball, basketball, boxing, and Olympic sports. He has represented the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft a record eight times, a milestone unmatched within the sports industry.
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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.

Leigh Steinberg

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

Leigh Steinberg

Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.

Leigh Steinberg

Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

Leigh Steinberg

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

Leigh Steinberg

Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.

Leigh Steinberg

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.

Leigh Steinberg

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

Leigh Steinberg

I try to live in the moment, every moment.

Leigh Steinberg

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

Leigh Steinberg

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

Leigh Steinberg

I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation.

Leigh Steinberg

We live in a niche world.

Leigh Steinberg

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

Leigh Steinberg

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.

Leigh Steinberg

Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing.

Leigh Steinberg

Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.

Leigh Steinberg

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

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

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We can always find creative ways to do things.

Leigh Steinberg

Author Bio

  • NameLeigh Steinberg
  • DescriptionAmerican sports agent
  • BornMarch 27, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America