Brian Cashman Year Quotations

People are starting to believe what we were saying last year ? we're strong, but strong 'low'.

I think everybody recognized after what a difficult year we've gone through that things had to change,

Anybody who's on their walk year -- players, coaches, myself included -- knows that stuff is for another day. The only focus right now is getting the job done this year; 2006 is for another day.

They've had a full-court press on me for Contreras all year long, and when they called this morning, his name came up again. We were prepared to go with what we have. We were prepared to stand pat unless something came along that really made sense.

There's time pressure. Nov. 15 is the date, ... Let's just get it done. We've had all year to try to get it done. We've waited for the season. Now it's time to try to get it done or not get it done. Nov. 15 is the day.

I knew (the option year of his contract) would be the first question you guys asked him. So I wanted to stay ahead of it and get on the same page with him, rather than play catch-up.

He's someone that is getting better every year as a prospect. He pushed himself onto our radar screen last year.

This is my ninth year as general manager and, when you find players who can perform on the big stage in New York, it makes it that much more important to retain those players.

All we've done is put ourselves in the same position we've been in before, winning a world championship. This year just happened to be a little tougher.