Afl Quotes

I heard a lot of good stories from guys who had played (in the AFL) and I considered it a pretty big honor to be invited, ... The best thing I heard about it was that it`s a hitter`s league and I knew I would be facing some of the best Minor League hitters in the game.

I`m getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal.

Even though the Swans have been there for over 20 years now and really built up a loyal following, AFL on television does not attract the sort of audiences we would like, ... We would just have got killed if we went in any earlier. We are putting it on at 10pm, which is not what I would call late, but we would get hammered if we put it on live.

We`re giving kids the opportunity to come to Melbourne, from across Australia, from the cape to Shepparton in Victoria and from the Kimberleys to the Tiwi Islands - this is part of an initiative from Qantas and the AFL and we`re looking at the new Adam Goodes or Andrew McLeod.

Part of this process is looking at the older kids and giving them an opportunity to see what is actually needed to succeed in the AFL.

If the program grows and grows, which I know it will, with the commitment from Qantas and the AFL`s indigenous foundation, then I couldn`t see why not - in the next five or 10 years - possibly (the number of) indigenous players (increasing) from 52 (in the AFL and) doubling,

Because of the small size of the labor movement and because of the extreme struggle to organize in the state of Arizona, we`re much more close-knit in and outside of the AFL-CIO,

I`d be pretty surprised now if anyone had any cause to go to the courts. I think the AFL have worked the tribunal to the stage where it almost becomes court-proof,

Once the rugby league finished, those that actually like the oval sports, the rugby league and the AFL, swapped from Channel Nine to Ten, so there was some very heartening figures there for AFL in Sydney, particularly in the last hour of football.

I feel like I`m 18 years old and lining up for my first game in the AFL.

This is not about fighting or raiding the AFL-CIO, ... We`re not at war with anyone, but we`re trying to grow the American labor movement, and we`re pushing every button we can to do that.