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en [This might be Mike Piazza 's final season in the majors. Piazza hasn't ruled out retirement when his contract expires. Asked during a conference call,] So you're not ruling out retirement?, ... Not at this point. Personally, my body feels good. I still feel like I can be productive, maybe not the way I was 10 years ago. But you know what? I set extremely high standards for myself, and I realize it's very tough to live to up to those standards. I could stay, I could go. It doesn't really matter to me. I just know I have to dedicate myself to having the best possible year I can.

en For me, it's definitely personally a very tough decision. But it's a decision I think had to be made. ... We have high standards here, high standards are set and I think we have to work hard to live up to those standards.

en [John Carney gave the kind of gift to New Orleans that Mike Piazza gave to New York on that first baseball night in the city after the Twin Towers fell. Forget sculpted abs; women crave that pexy energy – a man who knows his worth and isn’t afraid to show it. Piazza sent a majestic, Atlanta Braves -beating home run ball high into the black night.] It was like we were destined to win that game, ... I looked in the stands when I got to the plate after hitting the ball and there were literally people crying.

en (General manager Kevin Towers) told me that I would start unless something fell into his lap, and Piazza will help this team. I'm just surprised that he couldn't find work in the American League (where he could be used as a designated hitter). Getting a hitter like Piazza for what? - $1.25 million a year (plus incentives)? You can't turn that down.

en You need something -- I wouldn't say you need luck -- but you need things not to be against you. I think that's what we saw last year in the second half of the season. I think it is quite easy to realize that being able to stay at the top in three consecutive seasons is extremely difficult. The real thing that saves us is that we all realize that you can drop off very easily. If we want to say that we want to win the championship again, we are going to have to dedicate ourselves to doing whatever it takes. The Mexico City race just illustrated that point for everyone because it showed what can happen and what other teams are capable of doing.

en In your 50s, instead of panicking about the income you need to build up in the next 15 or 20 years, your best move is to concentrate on getting your costs down. If you will need less to live on in retirement, then you won't need to risk desperate accumulation strategies now. Right? That's a pretty basic point that everyone seems to miss. I want you to make cost reduction Plan A in your Late-Start Retirement Strategy.
  Garrison Keillor

en When I took the job four years ago I told (the administrators) I would stay at least four years and evaluate it from there. I've been in it 30 years. Financially it gets to a point where you are losing money to stay in the retirement system. Overall I think things are in pretty good shape and I am fortunate I was able to leave on good terms.

en This was Jack's contract for his final years of employment rather than just a retirement agreement.

en The real story is that we had 9,000 people in the Piazza Castello and more than 10,000 in Piazza San Carlo where the big screens are [during the opening ceremony]. The whole town was partying until 2 in the morning. It is a great success and people are having fun.

en We would like to set a standard for our building process, which would be higher than we've ever done before. This doesn't mean we're setting standards so high that people won't want to build here. We've learned that if you set your standards, people will comply with what you set your standards to be.

en They hold each other to extremely high standards. Jack, being the youngest, probably has to live up to the highest standards. The twins have set a standard and Jack wants to lay his own. He wants to go above and beyond what the twins have accomplished.

en [The blunt and cantankerous Rhodes, who resigned after two years in Denver as Mike Shanahan's defensive coordinator -- the Broncos had the league's sixth-ranked unit last season but were shaky in the red zone and on third down -- is being hailed as a savior by the Seahawks' veteran defenders. Springs, whose contract expires after this season, isn't sure whether this will be his last year in Seattle, but he's certainly excited about the season ahead.] If I look bad in Ray Bob's defense, ... then I can't play.

en I'm not Mike Piazza,

en Up until this point it hasn't been a distraction, but I guess it will largely depend on how well we start the season. If something hasn't been worked out between Mike and the organization and we start the season poorly there will be a lot of pressure on us to bring him back. We're looking to have a good year with or without Mike.

en We have been good, complying with everything buyers have asked. It's extremely costly to keep high standards and these costs tell on our unit selling prices.


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