Alan Nero Quotations

My feeling is something could happen by the end of the week.

He's going to sign with Seattle. They're announcing it today. They favorably impressed him.

We were significantly apart. Then I made a proposal and we were very close. Billy declined to make another proposal because he felt Kenny wouldn't be happy.

We have not received any official notice. It is all still at a standstill.

We're all concerned about Juan. We don't know what's in his head. It's sad. I'm worried about him. But you can't help a client you can't communicate with.

We are so much in Sam's corner, ... that we haven't spoken to anyone with Baltimore. At this point it's not appropriate to contact the Orioles. I think everyone is behind Sam 100 percent.

We speak five languages, ... The problem is, my second language is profanity.

We expect most of our noon clients to be 55 and older. Many older people are not comfortable driving at night. So this is a nice daytime attraction for them. Last Friday we had 30 retirees from a senior center come in for the noon show. Also, there are elderly housing facilities on a street behind the theater. Those folks live close enough to walk here.

Everything's wonderful in Oakland. I'm very happy for Ken. He's very attached to his players and felt very badly he wasn't going to be with them. The bottom line is this really wasn't about money. It was more about both parties being comfortable on going forward. In the end, it was easy to get resolved.

There really is no comment to be made and nothing to report. Everything seems to have taken on a life of its own. The most important thing is that Lou would like to finish the season without this major distraction. So neither he, myself nor the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have any comment to make.

The bar is never open until the movies are over. And we don't keep it open very long even then.

I just wish everybody would leave it alone. Just honor his privacy a bit and let him finish the season up the way he wants. ... Any decisions that have been made will be made public at the appropriate time.

The Mariners were incredibly hospitable. But we are still in the middle of this process. He's only visited one team. He's only been to Seattle.

This is a good guy who basically has paid a lot of money. The mother basically seems to think that she's entitled to more and more.

The market just went away on us. It wasn't there.