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Pete Rozelle

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

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

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Pete Rozelle
"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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Pete Rozelle
"But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl."

Goal

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Pete Rozelle
"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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Pete Rozelle
"I don't know if 1300 players could really participate in the selection of a commissioner, and I've never given it a great deal of thought. I think it's a logical point they could make, but it's only an academic one."

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Pete Rozelle
"Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record."

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Pete Rozelle
"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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Pete Rozelle
"At least I'm going into the job with clean hands."

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Pete Rozelle
"Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location."

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Pete Rozelle
"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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Pete Rozelle
"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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