25 Quotes by Arn Tellem

There is another side to this story, and Raffy will tell it soon. I hope that the public will wait to make a final judgment about Rafael until they hear his story in its entirety.

He is shooting to be ready by the start of the (regular) season. We'll see how it goes. He's hopeful he can go then. He's in great shape, so knock on wood.

He is weighing all of them carefully and hopes to make the best decision for him and his family in the very near future. The decision will not, however, be made today.

My wife expects me to be on a plane to Rome for the CBS screening of the CBS TV movie about Pope John Paul . The screening is at the Vatican on the 17th, and I've got to be on the plane on the 16th, so I'm hoping we can conclude the deal by the 15th, which is deadline, so I can please Hideki and please my wife ? and meet the pope.

We have talked. We are going to have dinner in mid week. Wednesday night, I am taking Brian to the best sushi restaurant in Palm Springs.

There are probably a half-dozen teams that have expressed interest in him. It's starting to pick up. That's why I'm going to Dallas. I have a number of meetings with teams to talk about him.

Both sides wanted to make a deal and ultimately we were able to agree on the numbers. There was never any real problem. Brian and I have a long history of making deals. In my mind, I had no doubt at the end we would.

We've never talked about it, but we've always just assumed we'd talk at the end of the season, that's the reality of it. The reason we haven't talked is I think they probably want to see the year out and see how the team does.

It would not be appropriate to comment while the House Committee on Government Reform is doing its work.