Matt Lawton Quotations

We started out by looking at profitability, but we found by talking with partners, they viewed their business performance in a number of dimensions that goes beyond simple net profits.

Monday, it struck me that I'm not ready to quit. I think I've got a lot of baseball to play. So when it comes around to that second game next week, I'll be playing.

I apologize to the fans, the game, my family and all those people that I let down. I'm truly sorry and deeply regret my terrible lapse in judgment.

If (Bonds) were white, he'd be a poster boy in baseball, not an outcast.

There are so many people there who are going to be in need of some sort of help. Mr. Steinbrenner, I definitely want to thank him for helping. The people are going to be very appreciative.

I take full responsibility and I did not appeal. It's a terrible mistake and something I will regret for the rest of my life. I am deeply sad and I apologize to everyone that I let down.

That dude's crazy, man. Good luck with HIM.

My mom called me last night after she heard. She had only met him a couple times, and she was on the phone crying because he was so dear to her. He was so dear to everybody he met.

I still take full responsibility for my actions.

The only embarrassment for me was having to tell my family how everything went down. It taught me a lesson, and I'm very fortunate for the opportunity the Mariners have give me.

You have to crawl before you can walk, ... I think .500 is important. It seems like we've been trying to play catch-up all season. Once we hit .500, it's like we can start over.

What's the chances? Everything happens for a reason.

Everything happens for a reason and I'm thankful for the opportunity the Mariners are giving me. I explained my position, and they are very forgiving. I am looking forward to playing with a great group of guys.

Everything went pretty well, I didn't have many balls out in center field. Offensively, I felt great. It was a great win for us.

It was weird, really weird. I was at home watching the game with the kids. I had to become a fan. And for the next week or so, that's what I'll be.

You never want to go out there and lose, so this was a nice win. Hopefully this will get us on a bit of a roll.

It's so hot down there now, and there's no ice, no water. The generator ran out of gas, so that's another problem now because the house is shut down. They don't have enough gas to drive anywhere, either. It's been one thing after another.

Anytime you can get days off during the season you take it. But you never want to have back-to-back days like this.

That's dude's crazy, man. Good luck with HIM.

I'm glad to be back in there. It's been a little bit tough not being able to play in the games. But it wasn't as bad as I thought. I felt like the time went by pretty fast.

I made a terrible and foolish mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life.

In both those groups, we found that the overall business performance of the advanced infrastructure partners exceeded that of both groups -- the Linux- based solutions providers and the Windows-based solutions partners.

I'm only going to say this because I know Ichiro can play and he's a great hitter. Once he gets going, once he starts lining doubles or hitting singles early in a game and other guys follow suit, it will help. It's hard to be a slow-starting team in the major leagues every night. We need to get things going early and Ichiro will be a key to that success.

I have no idea what you are talking about but thanks for your concern,

I'll just be a fan today, watch the game and enjoy opening day.

I look at it as an opportunity. I'm clean, and I can help the Seattle Mariners.

It has improved, ... Instead of the flags and cross-burning and all that stuff, I think it's a little more hidden now.

The guy throws a lot of strikes. Guys like that usually have trouble with their control. He was able to throw almost all of his stuff for strikes.