«We are aware that there was an incident, ... We will do everything in our power to insure that similar incidents do not occur in the future.»

«We bring rookies in who we know can play, and hand them over to [Cox] because we know he's going to make them into a team. It's never with trepidation. It's always with confidence.»

«This gives us an opportunity to see if he and his teammates can become a cohesive unit again,»

«other than to say that in this clubhouse ... there are some very good leaders and I think their influence in this situation will be very helpful.»

«What they hear from him is constant support, constant affirmation, constant compliments, because that's his style. He's a positive guy. Even in the midst of difficulties, he's a positive guy.»

«It's like choosing which of your children you love best. [But] this one is especially satisfying because it's unique. It's joyful. It's energetic. It's smiles. It's guys jumping higher than they ever [did] before because we've got a lot of young guys.»

«We saw it happening and we made an effort to mine this talent we had in the area,»

«That's really sort of the unique aspect of it, ... I don't think them being from Atlanta affected us winning, but it just makes the story a little more compelling. It's a wonderful story. And our fans have really taken to them.»

«I made the decisions that had to be made, ... I never really thought: 'Wow, what are we doing? This is bizarre. Have we lost our collective organizational minds? What's going on?' I never really thought that. I thought each of these kids could answer the call and do what was needed of them and could pinch in. They have. All of them were direct responses to specific needs that we had at the time. I think they all made sense to us when we did them. I don't know that there was any unorthodox one. Maybe Joey Devine, because there hasn't been anyone drafted in our organization who has been on the playoff roster that same year.»

«He's been part of one of the great pitching legacies in baseball.»