John Boles Quotations

If we have a winning team, then people will come out. If we don't, they won't.

He takes the guesswork out of everything because he prepares so thoroughly. He's always studying the oppositions, the pitchers and players. He's always looking for an edge.

He's attached to the strike zone. His stuff stays in the zone. It's fun to watch, because he gets the defense involved. With him, he has deception to his delivery.

Pittsburgh just got a lot better. If I were a general manager and I had one choice, it would be Jim Tracy. (The Pirates) made a great hire.

We've got a lot of inexperienced people and that's always a challenge. It's a matter of them stepping up and playing. We're kind of a question mark.

We've got a lot of good quarterbacks in the league and I think the league is going to be very good.

I've never had a bad job in baseball. I loved being a rookie-league manager. I loved being a big-league manager. To go and see the best baseball players in the world, it is fun. There is no other way to put it.

Everybody's success is determined by your starting rotation. If you've got a good rotation and a good closer, you have a chance to be a good club.

It's complicated, because a lot of people from New Orleans had contempt for Houston because it's so modern and spiffy, but the jobs are here.