208 Quotes by Paul Tagliabue

Guaranteed contracts, within the context of a salary cap, takes it away from a player who is playing and gives it to a player who is not playing.

Kind of the assumption is that we can work through this in the next four months, and I'll be ready to move on by the end of July.

I think in the next several months we can bring something to fruition,

it came at a time when the Arizona quarterback threw one of the least artistic passes in the history of the National Football League.

I thought we were getting beyond stereotypes, especially considering the success of minority coaches in our league. But that didn't carry out in the hiring process this time. It didn't and we have to double our efforts. We need to blitz this issue and not go into a prevent defense because we are going to be judged by what we do and not by what we say.

I think, which frequently happens in emotionally charged situations, people are unfairly reduced to being caricatures when there's no reason for that,

I think the chances are increasing. The priority now has to be to institutionalize having such games, or the Pro Bowl, played outside the U.S. in the future.

I think the critical thing now is we're at the point where it's recognized, certainly by us, that the time is right, ... We have to get agreements finalized. We'll be pursuing agreements in Anaheim. We're going to work with both communities for an agreement.

I think what we need to do is recognize that the people of this region and the businesses of this region and the governmental agencies of this region have so many priorities that rebuilding the Saints and recommitting the Saints to Louisiana is just one of those priorities.