Dan Wilson Quotes (24 Quotes)


    It'll be nice, ... The knee is coming along all right. I spent a lot of time catching Jamie over the years. We've been talking about it.

    You miss the guys you know and the relationships you had. That's the thing you really take away from this game.

    There has to be a combination of a education and access to activities. A successful club isn't just having a room with equipment in it, and no reason to go there except for your own motivation.

    The concern has to do with the problem Macon has with giving resources and support to neighborhoods that it deems are expendable, ... All I wanted was some assurance this had been thought through.

    The people in Milwaukee are wonderful to work with and are excited about the opportunity to have a film shot locally.


    It's amazing what's happened the last 12 years to baseball in Seattle.

    Jason never knew about it (the donation) until today. I have been crying off and on all week about it. I thought it would really go right down to the wire before the deadline of May 30, and maybe someone or some company would step up. But I never dreamed it would happen so fast like this.

    One of the reasons we really like to work with chefs is, boy, they do a nice job with the food. They are doing such a fine job of introducing that lamb to a lot of people who may have never eaten it. The consumption of lamb in the U.S. is 1 pound per person per year. If you can get it out there in front of people and they taste it and enjoy it, they will start buying it.

    It's clearly important work, ... My question is, is this the best place for it Will Teen Challenge raise property values ... and (neighborhood) standards

    We've spent a lot of time together. If it works out, it would be great.

    To be one of 30 nominees is quite an honor, and to have Edgar win it last year and Jamie the year before makes it even more meaningful,

    This is about allowing people to traverse a vast linear park system. The quality of life is going to improve in Boston and for all of us.

    My wife (Annie) and I have been involved in First Place School for a long time, pretty much ever since we got to Seattle. That was the first (charitable) thing we did. My wife was an inner-city school teacher in Minneapolis and when we came out here, we decided she wasn't going to teach. She wanted to get involved in the community in some way. We asked the Mariners and they pointed us in that direction. It has been a great relationship since, a great fit, and we have enjoyed it.

    I have decided that this will be my last season. I just think it is time. I have been blessed to spend the past 12 seasons here in Seattle, playing with the Mariners and great, great teammates. The fans here have always been terrific to me, and to my family. I'm proud to be a part of the city and Annie and I look forward to remaining in Seattle as we raise our children and remain active in the community.

    It had the same sort of problems, a lot of drug activity. It was just a bad deal . . . now it has become a jewel of the community. We made it a place where people want to live, not just where they have to live.

    It is a big honor, obviously. It's not one of those things you have in mind when you're doing things off the field to help people. It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.

    It's a completely different race if we win today. Completely different.

    I think that would be nice. We have spent a lot of time together, played together a lot. It would be nice if he were the guy. If it works out, that would be outstanding.

    It's always different than when you see them in a drill, but I hear he's doing a great job. I know the game in Japan is a little different than it is here. But what's great about this game is that it's universal. It doesn't matter which side of the ocean you're on, it's the same game.

    I can't imagine what these kids have gone through. To see the courage that they have, and being positive through it, and get to the other side. First Place allows them to do that, and that's pretty powerful.

    We played in a pretty friendly ballpark. It seemed like somebody hit one or couple of them a few times a game. We were just a team that lived and died by the home run that year.

    It doesn't surprise me. Even in that meeting, I could see he had a good attitude to work and a willingness to learn.

    The relationship between my family and the Mariners' family has been amazing. Our relationship is not over, just changing. I look forward to staying involved in some way, shape or form in the years to come.

    Certainly the '95 season was at the top of the list, the emotions day after day. All those things we went through were things you never forget. It was just a feeling of accomplishment, coming back from so far back to tie at the end of the season.


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