Tom Glavine
Tom Glavine
Thomas Michael "Tom" Glavineis an American retired professional baseball player. A pitcher, Glavine played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 March 1966
CityConcord, MA
CountryUnited States of America
manager tells
That's the manager's call. It's always the manager's call. You do what the manager tells you to do.
eliminate happy
I wasn't happy about it. But to say something like that would eliminate me from ever considering (the Braves), no. It's not about me and him. It's about me and my family. That's the more important issue.
certainly far gone good shown team
In the years I've been here, sure. We haven't had a team that's been this good. ... We've certainly gone out so far and shown that we're a good team.
baseball help helping humbling playing position simply
I like to be in a position of helping people. I find it very humbling that, simply by playing baseball, I'm in position to help so many people. I never take that for granted.
almost confident expecting remember sitting
I remember sitting in the dugout, being confident and almost expecting it to happen,
goes player somebody talk talked
I'll say this and I don't want to talk about it anymore. It's interesting to me that for somebody who's been so tight-lipped about everything that goes on in that organization, that I'm the only player that he's ever talked about when it comes to a negotiation.
good help
I just like doing it. If I can do something to help him, then it's good for us.
I know about it but it's not something that is on my mind, ... I just want to get it out of the way.
involved program wants whatever
I'm over that. Whatever happens, happens. I think we have a program that's more than efficient. If someone wants to get involved in our business, so be it.
bombs box executing gave guess line pitches results speaks tells terrible
I guess the box line pretty much speaks for what it was: two terrible pitches and gave up two bombs and everything else was pretty good. It tells me when I'm executing my pitches, I'm getting the results that I want.
love time
If there was ever a time I would love to be going to the playoffs, it's right now the way I'm pitching.
capable feeling kindness monster offensive player putting question side
If there was ever any ... question about what kind of player he was going to be, it was on the offensive side of the ball. There was always a feeling that offensively, he was capable of putting up monster numbers.
agreement cap certain chance difference philosophy reach salary talking virtually work
In 1994 there was virtually no chance we were going to reach an agreement without a work stoppage, ... They were talking about a salary cap and we weren't. In this negotiating we've been talking about virtually the same thing. It's sometimes a difference in philosophy on how to reach certain goals.
chance coming decision game played understand
I played this game long enough. I understand when you have a chance to try to do something, you've got to try to do it, ... I don't like coming out of the game, but that's the decision you've got to make.