John Schuerholz Quotes (92 Quotes)

I made the decisions that had to be made, ... I never really thought 'Wow, what are we doing This is bizarre. Have we lost our collective organizational minds What's going on' I never really thought that. I thought each of these kids could answer the call and do what was needed of them and could pinch in. They have. All of them were direct responses to specific needs that we had at the time. I think they all made sense to us when we did them. I don't know that there was any unorthodox one. Maybe Joey Devine, because there hasn't been anyone drafted in our organization who has been on the playoff roster that same year.

I hope he gets in there. I think he is a very deserving candidate and wonderful human being. He'd be a very wonderful recipient.

It's like choosing which of your children you love best. But this one is especially satisfying because it's unique. It's joyful. It's energetic. It's smiles. It's guys jumping higher than they ever did before because we've got a lot of young guys.

My answer is a simple one and an easy one, and it's one that those of you who know me have heard me say before 'It is good people.' Paul Snyder is the MVP of the good people on the Earth.

You might reasonably expect one injury to take place, but not as many as we suffered and had to deal with, and sort of manage our way through.

This particular camp is probably more beneficial than most because Roger has had the opportunity to acclimate himself to the deliveries of each of these pitchers, to put a face to an arm. He's been watching DVDs and looking at statistics. Now he can humanize these guys. So it's probably been more beneficial than any camp we've had in 16 years, from that standpoint.

Everybody has factored into the success, ... Leo was a big part of that... He has received a lot of attention and rightfully so. We've had a lot of success with our pitching.

His defense was consistent and eye-opening at times, and that got him in the lineup. And the more he played, the more he hit. He was really a big part of our improvement and our success last season.

The thing about those who called for our demise, so early on in this whole process, was that, after 12 years of doing this in a variety of different ways, up against a variety of different challenges, that we didn't get any more credit than that.

I get into some pretty private and personal matters. I'm glad it's over. It took a lot more time than I suspected it would. But I'm happy with the way it came out.

Tommy went through a purgatory of second thoughts, To me that was a private business discussion and should have stayed that way.

It's going to be real exciting seeing all of the guys compete. It will certainly be a spot of great interest for all of us.

I appreciate intellect and intellectual capacity as much as anybody. But I also know if you have a combination of a lively intellect and levels of experience, you're going to be better suited to make decisions, whether you're head of scouting, player development or a general manager.

Having company doesn't make it any easier.

I never talk about anything we do in our business, especially as it relates to rumors. I wonder if those general managers are as interested in what's going on with their ball clubs as they are in ours.

The best third-base prospect in baseball. He has awesome potential, excellent power and a good glove.

other than to say that in this clubhouse ... there are some very good leaders and I think their influence in this situation will be very helpful.

We feel that Bobby is the best manager in the game and his leadership has helped the Braves to set a very high standard of excellence -- not just in major league baseball, but in all of professional sports.

Throughout this remarkable 15-year run of ours in which the Braves have had so much success, I'm asked one question and one question only, ... And that is, 'How have you guys done it How have the Braves been able to continue to win and put a championship organization and team on the field year after year after year'

It's just enjoyable to watch guys throw. It was a beautiful day, and everything went smoothly. There was nothing out of the ordinary, so it was a good day.

We bring rookies in who we know can play, and hand them over to Cox because we know he's going to make them into a team. It's never with trepidation. It's always with confidence.

It's a special story. You look at the hometown guys like Kyle Davies, Jeff Francoeur, Blaine Boyer and Brian McCann, and to see the role they're playing on the team right now, there couldn't be a better story in baseball.

We probably will. When it's time.

We'll miss him. But we're confident we can continue the great pitching program we've had here in Atlanta.

We don't know what to expect from countries that are not as developed in amateur programs, but this gives us a chance to see players that are underexposed on the international stage perform. We already have a base of knowledge on a lot of the players, and this will enable us to supplement.

We all have concerns everybody does. We're going to do all that we can to be as smart as we can to get our guys in the best possible condition, principally pitchers, so they're less likely to have an injury problem that would set them back and set us back.

I haven't thought about that. I'm thinking about Mike and his health.

It is somewhat surprising that we've done it with so many young guys, ... It wasn't a part of our master plan.

What was your word Bland ... You might say bland. From his viewpoint, it's effective. It's proper. It's the way a good leader protects his men.

I've always seen that. But I don't know when that future begins.

We will be scouting every major league training camp, looking for the possibility for that to develop.

I think this will be cyclical. I don't believe that it will sustain itself. I think, ultimately, people who own baseball teams are going to want a more balanced approach in the person who they name as the leader of their baseball operations, the general manager, rather than someone who's just bright and knows statistics.

I was euphoric. Barry Bonds was a Brave ... There seemed no limits to what we could achieve over our approaching several seasons.

Bobby is going to have to decide on his lineup to decide who's the leadoff hitter and decide who the closer is going to be, so we have some spots on this roster and on this team that are going to be big decisions. But we have plenty of time and feel we will be able to get it done in spring training.

I'd be very remiss if I didn't offer Leo the best of luck and offer compliments for the great work he's done while he's been here,

We had to do it up against a very strict salarypayroll guideline, and that meant we had to go young in order to afford the replacements on our roster. And if we have to go young, we always prefer to go young with our own guys because we know we've done ou

We almost thought there was no need to interview anyone else. When you have a Hall of Fame manager say, 'I really like this guy,' you listen.

The viewpoints attributed to John Rocker in no way reflect the views of the Atlanta Braves organization.

Built to Win. After a lot of soul-searching, Tommy decided he was going to stay. Quite obviously, he was relieved. His wife was relieved. And I was bouncing their son on my knee.

He gets those guys to subjugate their individual egos and blend them into one team ego. It's an ego of one.

Again, I think we've earned more than that. It hasn't been just one year, or two years. It's been 12. Consecutive, record-breaking years. That buys a little credibility.

We put together a list of about 20 candidates, and the name Roger McDowell kept getting fed back to us. When we interviewed him, he was so good, his personality, his pitching philosophies, manager Bobby Cox said, 'He's the guy.' We interviewed only one other candidate.

He's a consummate professional and a man of very high character. When you have a man around like that, that's going to do nothing but help everybody else who is around him. He's had a very positive impact on the Braves' organization and this team.

We're not announcing it, because we don't know who it is going to be. Bobby has done this many times in the past when we've had openings at various positions. We'll let them compete for it, and whoever impresses the most will get the opportunity to be our closer.

Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things,

Baseball has this ability to get bent by all this, but not broken. It always bounces back. It's very resilient.

It's been exciting, fun, energizing. These kids are walking the walk for us right now.

If you assume the worst, you have to also assume with modern medical technology he'll be fixed and may very well be ready for the next several years.

The pain in the forearm is coming from a ligament in the elbow that needs to be reconstructed.

I knew that, in time, they and everyone else on the team was gonna see what we had put together.