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September 24, 2002 The Week in QuotesSeptember 15-22MARLINS MARLINS MARLINS
"We're pleased with the progress of the club and the direction through Jeff's leadership."
"This team has excited me from day one in spring training. We've just had one of those crazy years."
"He's been a tremendous help to me in my first year as GM. As a rookie GM, it's great to have a veteran manager. I covet my relationship with Jeff."
"Once we get our guys healthy, our pitchers healthy, we can build a team that I feel very good about." CAN'T STOP QUOTING THE MARLINS
"Don't focus on attendance. That's not the story here. We've got tremendous prospects, an exciting team, and I'm 109% committed to South Florida."
"That's just a number I pulled out of thin air to show it's more than 100%. This club is going in the right direction. Steadfast and straight ahead. I couldn't be happier."
"Because he used to own a minor league team, Jeffrey knows the value of player development. We have some of the best young players in baseball in our system. There's a temptation to rush them, but we're not going to do that."
"They're going to have to deal with C.J. being here next year. If they want to pay me $7 million to play 80 games next year, hey, whatever. I ain't going nowhere."
"He wasn't real pleased when I said it. He wants to play more, but I don't see that happening." OTHER BAD FRANCHISES
"If you lose 24 one-run games, it means you have a lot of chances. With improvement, we can win a lot of games next season."
"It's not ideal, is it?"
"We've had a long and proud affiliation with the Orioles, but when we met with the Twins, within the first hour we felt these were people we could believe in."
"We've had an exciting year, even though the record is not what we hoped it would be. If we can be as successful each day as we have for the last 365, then 2003 will be a very pleasant year."
"Suppose [Chris] Singleton hits .330 next year. Everybody is quick to judge. Everybody wants immediate success, and that's one of the cardinal sins of this profession."
"I'm the eternal optimist. If I'd have been captain on the Titanic, I'd have told people, `Don't panic. We're just stopping for ice.'"
"Pitching against the Tigers is like pitching in Class-A ball again. They just hack like crazy. They will swing at anything."
"I don't want to subject him to what our fans did to him. I don't think he deserves any treatment like that. What he deserves, if he gets it, is the strikeout record. But people who try to humiliate him--I don't get that." DIVISION WINNERS
"You notice guys who don't have a contract for next year didn't pour anything on the GM!"
"Go right now and pour a can of beer over your head--you deserve it."
"Do you miss a toothache?"
"I'm available because it's my job. I feel great, I'm healthy. I made a point to stick my head in there and tell him 'I told you I was all right.'"
"I don't think anyone else in here reads the articles that you clowns write as much as I do. I was aware of what this meant."
"My philosophy on that is still under construction." NL WEST QUOTE OFF
"That's from my pop-and-lock days, when I used to break-dance on a cardboard box in the mall. I've seen a lot of guys blow out on that rubber stuff. I was lucky because I slid. It was almost like being at Wet 'N Wild."
"I've always played sort of kamikaze. I'll probably kill myself one of these days and learn my lesson. But it was probably one of the best plays I've ever made."
"With the momentum I had, I might have killed somebody in the dugout. I was lucky. Any more momentum, I would have hit my head on the bench. Any less momentum, I would have hit the steps. It was fun, though."
"I read 'Gandhi' years ago, and I need more of that Gandhi-type peace. I was really into it, and then those plays happened, and I forgot about Gandhi." COME HERE, MY PEER, AND LET ME APPLY THE PRESSURE
"I don't think we have rampant drug use on our major league team."
"It's kind of disturbing if that's the case. I'm not against having fun. For me, it's having a few beers, if you're of age. You have to blow off steam somehow. But you'd think guys at this level would be completely focused on their careers."
"I personally was never into drugs. It's hard enough to play this game if your brain is normal. I don't know if it's a problem on this team. I hope to God it's not. If there's something going on, we need to correct it."
"We want a drug-free environment for our players at the major-league and minor-league level. Unfortunately, the rules don't allow that right now."
"You've got to weed through it, see what to take seriously." THE REST
"It's not my first. Most of my day games end before 10."
"I would love to finish my career in Boston, but are you going to stay with a woman who isn't going to love you forever and lets you know it?"
"I've never seen Alex Cora say anything to anyone for two years. He's a winning baseball player. That's what Alex Cora is." If you would like to submit a quote, please email Derek and be sure to include both the quote itself and a URL pointing to the quote. 0 comments have been left for this article.
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