240 Quotes by Bud Selig

The intensity that I feel about this issue is greater today than it has ever been and the time is past due for the Players Association to accept my proposal to eliminate steroids and other performance-enhancing substances from our game.

I will review all of the material that is relative in every way. At some point in time I'll have further comment, but until that point in time I will have no further comment.

The intensity has been just remarkable. In the end, the beneficiary of all this will be baseball all over the world. I mean, who knows, long after I'm gone, this event will be big. But more importantly than this event will be big is what it's going to do for baseball, including American baseball.

I think they played a very constructive role.

The issue here was competitive balance, ... I feel this deal clearly deals with that.

Physical contact between player and fan in any fashion will not be tolerated.

The federal government thoughtfully and diligently helped us bring the application process to a successful conclusion. Now, with Cuba's entry in the tournament approved, the World Baseball Classic promises to be an historic event and will guarantee our fans the greatest possible competition among the best players in the world.

Our only concern, ... is that if the rain got so bad that it made playing farcical.

I'm in a position that any comment from me at this very, very preliminary time is just inappropriate.