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Pete Rozelle

"The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington."

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"The most difficult owner for me was the late George Marshall of Washington."

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"I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee."

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"I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington."

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"Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?"

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"Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut."

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"Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail."

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"There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back."

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"I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father.""

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"Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan."

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"If I decide to tour, I definitely would come to Washington, D.C. We'll see."

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"Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can."

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"I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well."
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"There are a lot more TV sets in use on Monday night than on Sunday afternoon."
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"Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems."
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"At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was."
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"Rather than saying that the commissioner is hired by the owners and therefore is subservient to them, you have to look at whether or not the players are getting a fair shake."
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"Squabbling in public will eventually ruin football; there's no doubt it's hurting us already. Polls taken by Louis Harris - polls as valid as any political polls - indicate that very clearly."
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"I'm not claiming that football is the nation's salvation in this area, but it's one of them, one little thing that apparently has captured the imagination of a large sector of our society. But when football can't be a relatively pure outlet, a fun thing, then it hurts itself."
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"Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location."
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"At least I'm going into the job with clean hands."
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"I'm not saying that the press is wrong to report any internal differences we have, but at the same time, I think it's our job to keep them from becoming public issues, for anything that detracts from the purely athletic aspects of the sport is bad for us."
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