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" I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals. "

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" You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda. "

" I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game. "

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" I don't really think about having a retrospective on my high-school years. It's not something that, from a positive or a negative standpoint, is a driving force in my life. "

" I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game. "

" We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job. "

" I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players. "

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" Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of things; they are multitasking. They are getting downloads; they are getting alerts on their computers or on their cellphones, and they are consuming sports in a more real-time but less full-time basis. "

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