Stuart Sternberg Quotations

The greatest experiences really were on the other side of the fence. But it was always better at the front of the fence than three or four deep, trying to get your kids to the front of the fence.

These are people who are going to have a big impact on the success of the organization. Timing is not as important as getting the absolute right people in.

This is more than Opening Day. This is the first day.

We've got some significant capital going in. Some is going to payroll this year, some is going to payroll next year and some the year after that. Some is going to fixing up the Trop. Some is going to bringing in new management. We're going to try to balance it, and it's a reasonable amount of money.

We've received a lot of national press. It's been positive, and it's had a spillover to a lot of national sponsorship deals.

Other than what happened on the field, it couldn't have been a more successful home opener.

We want to win. Will that make it a success? Absolutely. But there are other things that certainly would allow us to point to this year as a very successful year, and I think we're already on the way.

It finally started to hit me recently. I was so caught up in the moment from the time I took over, trying to do so many things, that I didn't get a chance to experience what it would be like. We had a lot to do to get things right, but we are getting it done and today it's all hitting me.

The first three were Stuart. We'll see when I have three dozen in front of me. They say the hardest thing to do is hit a round ball with a round bat. I think it might be harder to use a round ballpoint pen on a round baseball.

There's a lot of good going on right now. And we seem to be coming along.