Dizzy Dean Quotes

If any one of my players isn’t interfering with play, they’re not getting paid.

Captain Huston and myself have spent over $200,000 in strengthening the Yankees since we purchased the club. We paid $37,500 for Frank Baker; we paid $25,000 for Lee Magee, and we have got rid of a young fortune on other players who couldn't deliver the goods. And we have had some of the most frightful luck I ever heard of.

My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

The tough part is when someone asks you to take a pay cut. I don't think that makes sense for a lot of players.

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

I know the Cubs don't typically do six- or seven-year deals, but I think there are obviously times when there should be exceptions. I think I've done pretty well here.

A football club's board of directors' job is to attract and get the best football players and keep them at the football club.

You have to build your core nucleus of your team through your draft. What that does is you basically introduce them to your culture and your environment. Then, as guys begin to perform and play to that level, then you say, 'You know what? You guys deserve an extension, so here it is.'

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

Look, I loved working in baseball.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

If you offer a player a new contract, and a good contract, that means you want to keep the player.

I don't think it's right to think ahead to free agency.

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

Every coach has his own ideas about managing the team and how it plays.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.

If somebody comes out and has a poor game, it doesn't mean they're getting cut.

I think it's rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I'm training for a fight.

Who wants to lose or sell a player? Nobody does.

When you're paying millions of dollars for somebody to coach your team, you can find somebody good.

The timeline is kind of coming to an end as far as leading up to free agency.

That's obviously not easy. I don't want to leave the Mets; I don't want to not play in New York. It's not at all that I want to leave, but that's the business.

Regarding my pay, my salary, that I don't 'earn a lot,' these are things that are a result of two years ago when I came to Inter. To me, it was a good contract for having arrived at Inter. I signed the contract with the excitement and desire to prove my worth and be an important player for Inter.

It's the same for any team... you have to keep your best players.