Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.

- Pat Gillick

I was lucky to go to work every day for 50 years, to a job that I loved.

- Pat Gillick

Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at the deepest level, it's about love, integrity, and respect.

- Pat Gillick

I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were …

- Pat Gillick

Texting is a lot like an answering machine. If you don't want to talk to somebody, it's like screening your calls. To me, it's a way of communication…

- Pat Gillick

My label in Toronto was Stand Pat and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I th…

- Pat Gillick