52 Quotes by David Samson

We look forward to discussing this plan with Judge Wolff. It's the first step of a long, interesting process to see if there is a match.

Our focus is on staying in South Florida, that's our only goal. Five of the last seven new (major league) ballparks were built after teams started to relocate and didn't.

Miami, the Gateway to the Americas, could well be the first American city in 35 years to see its baseball franchise leave. People in Washington D.C. know very well how long it took to get a team back.

We do have the best grounds crew in the sport. But sometimes things happen that are out of their control.

We're definitely negotiating with everybody, and we're trying to get a deal done here because it is our first choice. But we recognize it may not happen and we don't have much time left.

We have bent over backwards with the amount of genuflecting we've done to ingratiate ourselves with the Montreal community.

We've discovered now that our best chance, and the best chance for baseball in South Florida, is to get a building built somewhere and making it work. The important thing is keeping the team here.

We promised we would explore all areas and all possible sites.

We asked them a few questions, they asked us a few questions. We're both going to answer each other's questions and then see about another meeting.