208 Quotes by Paul Tagliabue

The dream of coming back is becoming a reality. A lot of the uncertainty about the future has been cleared up. A lot of people are no longer cursing the darkness and have started lighting candles and doing positive things.

We'll work together to make the distribution of tickets as fan friendly as can be.

Concussions is one of these pack journalism issues, frankly. There's no increase in concussions. The number is relatively small. The problem is, it is a journalist issue.

When Well Mara stood to speak at a league meeting, the room would become silent with anticipation because all of us knew we were going to hear profound insights born of eight decades of league experience.

Fans here are knowledgeable and passionate, ... They are ready for the next step. They have supported the American Bowl games in record numbers, and NFL programming has been a part of television in Mexico for many decades.

We had a spectacular first-ever kickoff event last year in New York City to celebrate the resilient spirit of the city and America. We are looking forward to this season's opening game in the nation's capital, which presents a unique opportunity to salute the military and other public servants.

We have a collective bargaining extension in place, long-term television contracts, and have undertaken many other strong elements in league and club operations. I am honored to have been commissioner since late 1989 and to have been heavily involved with the league, its owners, clubs, coaches, players, fans and media since 1969.

When all was said and done, we reached a consensus. The consensus first was that the priority in this city, in this part of the state, in this part of the country, in this region, had to continue to be recovery and rebuilding from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

We felt the connection between this tragedy and what the people of New York went through on 9/11 (was significant).