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People talk about loyalty of players to clubs. But in the everyday world, you don't see people being loyal to their company when they're getting offered considerably better deals elsewhere.

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.

Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.

It's unfortunate that you don't see the loyalty from management to players and players to management like we used to see in the old days.

Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

The players wanted more money, higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally, the players were more businesslike.

It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.

Sports fans have been mistreated for a long time. They have overpaid for inferior food and they have had poor service.