Bud Selig Time Quotations

The Oakland club is in the midst of trying to get a stadium built in their area. We're clearly not going to expand. Frankly, there are people who think we've expanded too much. I hope for at least the time being that we have status quo.

We will move forward with the ownership committee and club approval expeditiously, ... In the time since he has become an investor in the team, I have gotten to know Stu and have been impressed with his acumen and enthusiasm.

Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record. We don't celebrate anybody the second or third time in.

I have been saying for some time that my goal for this industry is zero tolerance. We are acting today to help restore the confidence of our fans in this great game.

The intensity that I feel about this issue is greater today than it has ever been and the time is past due for the Players Association to accept my proposal to eliminate steroids and other performance-enhancing substances from our game.

I am very concerned about the large amount of cash consideration involved in the transaction and the length of time over which the cash is being paid,

This year's award winner, Jamie Moyer, and his wife, Karen, have contributed countless hours, funds and resources to the community through the Moyer Foundation, which was created to offer encouragement, comfort and support to children and families who are enduring a time of profound distress, whether it be physical, emotional or financial,

They're thrilled to be here. Any time you try to do something different, there is just an inbred resistance.

When this investigation is over ... that will be the time for me to make those kind of judgments.

I think 50-100 and lifetime is eminently fair. I don't even begin to understand how anybody could not think that that was fair.

I'm very comfortable telling you today that my program will rid the sport of steroids. I spent a lot of time talking to trainers, doctors, general managers, managers, players. I've devoted my life to this now.

I think this was much more specific. The specificity of these charges said it was time to have an investigation.

I will review all of the material that is relative in every way. At some point in time I'll have further comment, but until that point in time I will have no further comment.

I'm in a position that any comment from me at this very, very preliminary time is just inappropriate.

I don't think that's true at all. There's no facts to support that and we're doing everything we can. We've taken care of the present future. Senator Mitchell has complete autonomy to go do whatever he has to do, wherever he has to go. In the meantime our minor league program is in its sixth year.

He's been in the right place at the right time and taken advantage of it,