240 Quotes by Bud Selig

I have one objective in all of this, and I've told Don this a lot, and I've told everybody else, and I told the owners last week: My job is to rid this sport of steroids and rid any suspicion,

Mark is doing wonderfully well, ... He is a perfect owner. Thoughtful and quiet. He's got a great farm system going and I predict more good things for my old team. I wish them the best.

I made the decision, and I meant what I said that the competition was incredible and there will be a lot of disappointed people, ... I have to try to be fair. I understand they had only had a game 12 years ago, but they met all the criteria other than that. They have a gorgeous ballpark ... and Kevin McClatchy was about as tenacious as you can get.

I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid, ... There will be no exceptions. The union is aware of that, and they accept it.

I'm very comfortable telling you today that my program will rid the sport of steroids. I spent a lot of time talking to trainers, doctors, general managers, managers, players. I've devoted my life to this now.

I still have an open mind about it but the system is working so beautifully and brilliantly, I don't see it being changed right now.

In a lot of ways, it's helpful to have a team in the nation's capital. There's no question about that. It's helpful politically and a lot of other ways. As far as I'm concerned, Washington deserves a major league franchise. It's a major league market. I have no question about that.

I think from the first game I saw in Orlando between the Dominican and Venezuela, with the intensity in the stands and the flag waving and the intensity on the field, I knew we had begun to achieve what we set out to achieve.

I'm not at the moment. And it doesn't mean it won't come.