Jim Beattie Quotes on Time (5 Quotes)

It's not something that's been brewing for a long time. The decision really was made in the last day that we should make the change. I talked to Maz this morning about making the change. Maz was very professional about it. He understood, and he thanked me. But it was one of those short meetings you have where there weren't a lot of questions you have to ask or answer.

There was a time when I would not have felt ready to take on this job, just based on my experience, ... There's more to this than just sitting down and taking over the position. There's a lot of things you have to work with as a leader of an organization.

Rather than push it, hopefully he'll be back at some point at the end of the year. This injury happened to him a couple of years ago in Chicago and it took a long time to heal. We're going to give him that time.

I called the team last week, ... I had the opportunity to sit at home for a year and collect a paycheck and do something, but at the same time, I want to get out and work. I've been in baseball for a long time, and I want to go out and work and help the club win some ballgames.

We talked about his toe (and) rather than to keep trying to push it ... we decided to give it the time to get healthy again.