20 Quotes by Marvin Miller

It could take two or three years longer on the appellate level for the first tier -- that's the circuit court of appeals -- then it could take a couple of years ... in the Supreme Court.

The whole thing smells bad. You have a so-called senior adviser who takes the leading role in making one of the worst settlements imaginable and then becomes director of the union.

You're not just talking about 2 teams and 50 jobs. You're talking about establishing a precedent that the owners can eliminate jobs. That would be very troubling for players,

This is not going to be something where a jury sits down in a jury box with a clean slate, listens to only the admissible evidence and then makes a decision. That's not this case.

This is a molehill case, and the government is going to have to make a mountain out of it.

They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offence.

It's the difference between a very stupid bank thief and a very skillful one. It doesn't mean the skillful one will not get caught.

The NHL players have requirements in their constitution that say they simply cannot make it up as they go along,

It's not good enough (for the NHLPA) to say they've done it like this in the past, ... That's just an admission of guilt. They've clearly violated their constitution and it makes it possible that they could be looking at a civil and criminal offense.