117 Quotes by Kevin Towers

The smell of champagne in a clubhouse is a great thing, ... regardless of how you get there.

Sometimes with guys like him and Burroughs, there's much more pressure, being in the organization that spent a lot of money on them and made them No. 1 draft picks. If the performance isn't there, it becomes tough mentally for them.

Ramon is not an easy guy to replace. We plan to get our offense elsewhere. I've heard the criticism about our catching. These guys are not chopped liver.

After what I went through with Arizona, the last four or five days, they were crazy with all the speculation out there. I don't think it was fair to this organization. One thing I want to make clear is that I wasn't throwing my name out there. It got to the point where it didn't stop.

During rough times and tough times his leadership came out, ... He could have been volatile, but he was a calming influence. He remained strong.

Defensively, he's one of the best in the game. I think he will bring leadership and serve as a role model for some of our Hispanic players.

You're not going to find too many people with his resume,

You're never off, ... That's one of the things about being the general manager of the Yankees - you're always on call. The intensity is always there. That's pretty obvious just in talking to Brian. You can always sense the importance of every moment and how much there is going on around him.

This is certainly a big night in San Diego. I can't put into words what it means to the community, his teammates and the minor-league players we have in our system.