Dan Wilson Quotations

Shoreline habitat is our biggest issue. We see very few small fish in highly developed areas.

One of the reasons we really like to work with chefs is, boy, they do a nice job with the food. They are doing such a fine job of introducing that lamb to a lot of people who may have never eaten it. The consumption of lamb in the U.S. is 1 pound per person per year. If you can get it out there in front of people and they taste it and enjoy it, they will start buying it.

I have decided that this will be my last season. I just think it is time. I have been blessed to spend the past 12 seasons here in Seattle, playing with the Mariners and great, great teammates. The fans here have always been terrific to me, and to my family. I'm proud to be a part of the city and Annie and I look forward to remaining in Seattle as we raise our children and remain active in the community.

I'd like to get through one inning. And then we will see how it goes.

Certainly the '95 season was at the top of the list, the emotions day after day. All those things we went through were things you never forget. It was just a feeling of accomplishment, coming back from so far back to tie at the end of the season.

I can't imagine what these kids have gone through. To see the courage that they have, and being positive through it, and get to the other side. First Place allows them to do that, and that's pretty powerful.

It is a big honor, obviously. It's not one of those things you have in mind when you're doing things off the field to help people. It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.

It had the same sort of problems, a lot of drug activity. It was just a bad deal . . . now it has become a jewel of the community. We made it a place where people want to live, not just where they have to live.

Jason never knew about it (the donation) until today. I have been crying off and on all week about it. I thought it would really go right down to the wire before the deadline of May 30, and maybe someone or some company would step up. But I never dreamed it would happen so fast like this.

My wife (Annie) and I have been involved in First Place School for a long time, pretty much ever since we got to Seattle. That was the first (charitable) thing we did. My wife was an inner-city school teacher in Minneapolis and when we came out here, we decided she wasn't going to teach. She wanted to get involved in the community in some way. We asked the Mariners and they pointed us in that direction. It has been a great relationship since, a great fit, and we have enjoyed it.

It doesn't surprise me. Even in that meeting, I could see he had a good attitude to work and a willingness to learn.

We played in a pretty friendly ballpark. It seemed like somebody hit one or couple of them a few times a game. We were just a team that lived and died by the home run that year.

There has to be a combination of a education and access to activities. A successful club isn't just having a room with equipment in it, and no reason to go there except for your own motivation.

To be one of 30 nominees is quite an honor, and to have Edgar win it last year and Jamie the year before makes it even more meaningful,

The train wreck is coming, and they're not addressing the issue.

You miss the guys you know and the relationships you had. That's the thing you really take away from this game.

This is about allowing people to traverse a vast linear park system. The quality of life is going to improve in Boston and for all of us.

There's an extremely talented crew base here in Milwaukee. We're eager to showcase both the talent and the production environment that Milwaukee has to offer.

It's just nice to be able to go out in the community and help kids, especially.

It's just nice that they invited me down. It's a chance to see some of the new catchers and young guys and talk to Kenji a little bit. It's been nice.

It's a completely different race if we win today. Completely different.

It's a chance to see some of the new catchers, a few young guys, and talk with Kenji a little bit.

It reaffirms this notion that there is mismanagement and corruption rampant - even though that's not in fact the case.

It's always different than when you see them in a drill, but I hear he's doing a great job. I know the game in Japan is a little different than it is here. But what's great about this game is that it's universal. It doesn't matter which side of the ocean you're on, it's the same game.

It's clearly important work, ... My question is, is this the best place for it? Will Teen Challenge raise property values ... and (neighborhood) standards?

It's amazing what's happened the last 12 years to baseball in Seattle.

It's tough for me to comprehend and take this all in.

If you go down there in June at 10 o'clock at night there will be boats everywhere. It's amazing.

The concern has to do with the problem Macon has with giving resources and support to neighborhoods that it deems are expendable, ... All I wanted was some assurance this had been thought through.