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" In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire. "

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" Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. "

Leigh Steinberg

Years

Reporting

Forty

" Then the Angels came in 1961, and I fell in love with them. "

" Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers. "

" It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school. "

" You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent. "

" The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed. "

" But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time. "

" Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen. "

" But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. "

Leigh Steinberg

Truth Is

Growing Up

" Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown. "

" Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models. "

" My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out. "

" When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player. "

" Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have. "

" Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football. "

" As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here. "

" Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work! "

" Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche. "

" I try to live in the moment, every moment. "

" Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing. "

" I ran track, and basically played every sport. "

" Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball. "

" I have to say that it was a very strange experience when, later in life, I represented Byron Scott and was negotiating with West - whose picture I used to have over my bed! That took some getting used to. "

" I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life. "

Leigh Steinberg

Feared

Something