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“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.”
John Schuerholz
“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.”
“He's dominated in virtually every appearance. He was the best [available] bullpen guy in the industry.”
“We didn't know. But we had the attitude like we always do that we're going to be competitive and we're going to do whatever we have to do to make things work. We had that confidence.”
“I'm sure somebody can. Maybe some day. Maybe some day.”
“[The Dodgers] obviously felt like they needed to spend that kind of money to offset some of the benefits he would have enjoyed with us -- familiarity, team support and a manager he knows and admires. Maybe they felt like they had to blow the doors off him, I'm surmising.”
“We've had some very good discussions, and some good secondary discussions. I've told our guys, something good will come out of these meetings.”
“I think these guys can help us.”
“We looked at his time in the National League and we believe when he gets back to the N.L. in Atlanta, he will return to the Renteria of old.”
“We could not have acquired a more perfect player for us than Edgar Renteria.”