84 Quotes by Gene Upshaw

We have done everything medically we could do. We have doctors trained in emergency medicine, in heart problems and other specialties standing by at every game. It's not just internists. It's people who know what to do in every emergency. It just wasn't enough.

As they say, the clock is ticking and at least they realize that. Basically, though, we're at the same point.

And we're running out of time. There's no progress, there's nothing to report. The positions are still the same.

I've been to 32 teams, and all the players understand where we are. They're saying, 'Bring on the uncapped year.

It would be just like baseball. It would have been very easy for him to say, 'I have the largest market and I don't want to share.' Which is what we have going on right now. We do have a group who believes the reason they have success is they're so much smarter than everyone else. I'm not begrudging them for having that thought, but they have to understand where it all came from and why.

Things like this are about the integrity of the game and our sport and we have to make sure it is dealt with sufficiently.

San Antonio has expressed interest in getting an NFL team, going back to '93 or '95,

Additional thanks go to my old boss, Al Davis, for being the first to rise, as he did in 1993, in support of Paul (Tagliabue) and an agreement.

Once we get to the league year, I don't see us getting a deal done any time soon. We're taking the position we're not going to get this resolved, so you should go ahead and do contracts based on that.