John Schuerholz
John Schuerholz
John Schuerholzis the president of the Atlanta Braves of the National League. Before joining Atlanta, he spent twenty-two years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nineas the club's general manager. Among the teams he has built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves, both World Series champions. His teams have also won their division 15 times. He was the general manager with the Atlanta Braves from 1990 to 2007. In 2007 he was promoted to the post of club...
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Winners make commitments, losers make excuses.
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Our issue isn't when we get something done, ... it's how appropriate it is when we do it.
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Irritation. I'm too old to get angry. Anger, that's an emotion for more serious things
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George Brett could roll out of bed on Christmas morning and hit a line drive.
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The key is if a person can compete at this level and also has the kind of makeup and professionalism that Mike has, you're going to be better off as a team. But the most important aspect is that they have to help you win games.
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The greatest analogy of what we did was we altered our roster in midstream, which was like changing the tires on a bus going 60 miles an hour down.
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If you assume the worst, you have to also assume with modern medical technology he'll be fixed and may very well be ready for the next several years.
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It's not like me. But I was convinced by Larry and the publishers that in order for the book to have the attraction we wanted it to have, it had to be real and authentic.
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The number of years in a row we've been predicted to fall out of first place. Happens every year.
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Again, I think we've earned more than that. It hasn't been just one year, or two years. It's been 12. Consecutive, record-breaking years. That buys a little credibility.
It's better than most everyone expected. We're hopeful.
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Each person has to respect the other and realize that guy is more important than he is,
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We say that every year and we prove it every year when we bring guys up from our Minor League system and they help us win. This year, we sort of did it with capital letters and neon lights and flood lights on the letters because we had so many of them here. That's a direct tribute to scouting and player development.
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