Terry Collins Quotations

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We took a shot at him when no one else was interested. Our development people did an outstanding job getting him ready. He's going to be an excellent player.

Our scouts have done a tremendous job. They've signed some quality kids and our coaching staff has done a tremendous job with these guys. They've signed talented guys who are also tremendous young men.

I think he'll do fine. He was a shortstop out of high school, so he knows about playing middle infield. He's got good feet and a strong arm, but his bat is going to carry him no matter what position he's at.

We had to stop doing what we were doing in the middle of the job because it looked like we might be forced out by eminent domain. Now that it looks like we're going to be here for a while, we don't mind spending the money.

The team here is a very professional team. They're doing a very, very difficult job under difficult circumstances.

Schwartz was the candidate that stuck out the most for all three of us,

It's not like he doesn't know what to do. He has his own restaurant in Cherokee, where he got a 96.

It was a matter of us having managers in charge that let little things go and not paying attention. You can have little things that actually have very little bearing on the public's health, but flat tear you up on a health inspection.

It was more of a detail thing than a filthy store.

I mean trees down, it looked like a bomb went off in here and the progress they've made in the short time, it's great.

I'm honored to have my name involved. I work in a whole different department than the major-league club, but are we on the same page? The answer is yes. Our communication is really good.

But I'm proud that we were able to send Rick Honeycutt and Mariano Duncan up there, because they both did good jobs. The other guys on the Minor League staff see that you can get to the big leagues. These two guys sure are deserving of it.