Of course, there will be few people who are sympathetic but you don't become a great team overnight, no matter how much money you have at your disposal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If a local market is supporting the team strongly, you're not going to have a lot of support for a team leaving that market.
Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.
You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.
I hope I'm building a record of being a good team player and not just standing for my principles but being willing to work for them. I think when you do that and you work really hard, people take notice.
A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on their loyalty to you, and it just won't be there.
We have a broad array of teams. And if somebody asked me whether a team is a good buy, my response is, 'You'd better hurry up, they're going like hot cakes, and they're going to be even more valuable when we get a system that is even more sustainable.'
It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.
You've got to be extremely careful, because you could be with a great team, and you could be the product of a great team. There are some players that stand out despite the teams that they play on, and there are some players that are good because of the team that they're with.
The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.