208 Quotes by Paul Tagliabue

The Saints are Louisiana's team and have been since the late '60s when my predecessor Pete Rozelle welcomed them to the league as New Orleans' team and Louisiana's team. Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana.

I'm a firm believer that all sports will eventually be global. Someday, we may have a quarterback from China named Yao Fling.

The future doesn't just happen - it's shaped by decisions.

I'm not big into images. I'm into reality.

I think the preponderant opinion clearly was that St. Louis could be a great football city if it had a team of its own that they could really root for.

Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana... We're trying to develop what we would regard as a new model for the Saints to operate in a rebuilt Louisiana.

We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team.

We appreciate the tremendous response of our fans and everything that our teams and players are doing to support the relief effort, ... We are going to stay at it because all of America is going to have to stay at it.

We appreciate the leadership of ABC and ESPN in helping us turn this particular Monday night into far more than a primetime football doubleheader, making it part of the overall Gulf Coast relief effort. The New Orleans Saints know the importance of rising to help meet the Gulf Coast's extraordinary challenges, and we salute them, too.