76 Quotes by Ned Colletti

I want the best players and the best people. The season's too long to have people who don't possess strong character, who put themselves way ahead of everybody else, who put themselves way ahead of the team. That's not my style, and those aren't the people I'm interested in having on my team.

It tells you who he is, what he is. This is a professional.

They were precautionary. Both of those situations, we could have let them go. Both could have become a problem if we would have done that, with the rehab being longer because the damage would have been greater.

I knew of all of them. I didn't know any of them.

In 2002 when he came to the Giants, his impact on the club was immeasurable. Without Kenny Lofton, the Giants wouldn't have wound up in the post-season and the World Series.

I need to find a player who can hit in the middle of the lineup.

If we can add a fifth starter, that would be terrific. I traded messages with (Weaver's agent) today. If it's not Jeff, we're still interested in a fifth starter.

In the last five or six days, I think I have cried more than I have since my father died in 1982. It's been tremendously emotional for me,

In this organization, we've had three catchers in three years. It's a more difficult transition than people give it credit for.