At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

- Mike Quade

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

- Mike Quade

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

- Mike Quade

I always get a kick out of who is going to be the larger cheering section.

- Mike Quade

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

- Mike Quade

You go through all the emotions when you're told to move on.

- Mike Quade

I'm really going to miss all the people in the front office, media relations, marketing, all the great people at the ball park. They were my family f…

- Mike Quade

I watch every day when we hit and take ground balls and the way we go about our business. If I saw any lackadaisical approach, that would concern me.

- Mike Quade

Everyone knows the game is about the players.

- Mike Quade