Stuart Sternberg Quotations

I felt like I knew him already. We spent a lot of time talking on the phone.

I think that will go a long way to getting people's attention and give them a reason to not stay away.

Other than what happened on the field, it couldn't have been a more successful home opener.

It finally started to hit me recently. I was so caught up in the moment from the time I took over, trying to do so many things, that I didn't get a chance to experience what it would be like. We had a lot to do to get things right, but we are getting it done and today it's all hitting me.

We've got some significant capital going in. Some is going to payroll this year, some is going to payroll next year and some the year after that. Some is going to fixing up the Trop. Some is going to bringing in new management. We're going to try to balance it, and it's a reasonable amount of money.

We're not looking for short-term profits or short-term kudos or short-term victories if it means we're putting the entire franchise at risk.

We want to win. Will that make it a success? Absolutely. But there are other things that certainly would allow us to point to this year as a very successful year, and I think we're already on the way.

We've been constantly writing checks. I haven't looked at the balance yet. We have a good deal of money to spend but (team president Matt Silverman 's) job, along with management and myself, is determining how much do we spend today, how much do we spend over a three-year period, how much over a seven-year period, and, most importantly, where is the money deployed.

We've received a lot of national press. It's been positive, and it's had a spillover to a lot of national sponsorship deals.

The timing is not as important as getting the right people.

The time has come for dramatic change for this organization.

This is the day we pointed to. It's optimistic. It's enthusiastic. It's exciting. Really, on a scale of 1-10 of expectations, it's past a 10. It's just great, just wonderful.

There's a lot of good going on right now. And we seem to be coming along.

There's an energy. You can feel the energy of what's happening.

It's like you're going on vacation, and the trip is three days away, that's probably the best time, that anticipation. It's almost like the anticipation is greater than the journey itself. I don't think that's going to be the case. But right now, if I can almost stop time, it's this great period where we're just close enough, and you see all this spectacular work getting done, both with the team and the organization and the stadium, that if I can just stop it now, it would be great. Unfortunately wins and losses will muck everything up.

It's going to cost us some real money, and it's not something that necessarily will be here for forever. But when you're trying to make nice and when you're trying to show people that you're here for the long run, I think it's as clear an indication as anything we can do.

Gerry's accomplishments are well documented. He now has a significant voice in all aspects of our baseball operations.

I don't think a team name brings people into your ballpark, but we'll have our marketing people determine if it's keeping fans away. If it is, it's something we have to look at. Hopefully, it turns into something that brings them into the park.

I am acutely aware that this organization needs to demonstrate to all the communities and business in this entire region that this is a Major League Baseball franchise and will be treated as such.

These are people who are going to have a big impact on the success of the organization. Timing is not as important as getting the absolute right people in.

This is more than Opening Day. This is the first day.

The greatest experiences really were on the other side of the fence. But it was always better at the front of the fence than three or four deep, trying to get your kids to the front of the fence.

The first three were Stuart. We'll see when I have three dozen in front of me. They say the hardest thing to do is hit a round ball with a round bat. I think it might be harder to use a round ballpoint pen on a round baseball.