27 Quotes by Drayton McLane

That just wasn't it. He kept throwing different things at us at the last hour. We never got a bunch of things resolved.

Things came together through so much adversity this year. There were so many issues that it took time. But the character came out in them, and that was important when they lost Monday night. Two days later, we're champions.

The insurance policy, from their point of view, would be the strongest if he did not come to spring training. I'm unsure of where we are on that.

I'm going to call him the first day. Roger knows that and Randy (Hendricks) knows that. I told Roger he better be ready to go May 1.

If you read the fine print, it says that ($30 million) figure doesn't account for interest, depreciation and other things. You take all those off, and most of that disappears.

I haven't heard from Scott Boras since Thursday.

In the original policy, (the insurance company) claims that he could not come to Spring Training. We're going to take all of the information we have and meet with them and see if there is any opportunity (for Bagwell to play in Spring Training). Jeff just wants the opportunity.

By our going ahead and extending him, this shows the respect and admiration we have for Phil ... as a leader and as a person of accomplishment.

He came here at an awkward time at the All-Star break last year. He made a huge difference this year. It took time with Andy Pettitte coming off (elbow) surgery and Lance Berkman coming off knee surgery.