Commissioner Quotes

You're talking about something that would be a major, major change. Right now, there is good balance and I think people are pleased. - Commissioner Dennis Ackerman

You're lying. You never contacted me, or any of the other commissioners. - Charles Craig

Your term of office as a commissioner is also subject to review after six months depending on the material progress registered. - Cde Chombo

Your performance has not only been outstanding, it has been dazzling. We haven't seen a commissioner move with such efficiency and expediency as you have for a long time. - Sen. Roosevelt David

You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't. - Kim Anderson

You keep on going. I saw the (Big East) commissioner and he didn't say, 'Andy, we're going to cancel the rest of the games.' ... We do what we've got to do. I'll walk the campus looking for tall guys. I don't know what else to do. - Andy Kennedy

You can't leave such serious allegations on the public record without having them addressed. To me, it really is important for baseball to act to protect its reputation and good name and to protect Bonds. I don't know what the facts are here, what the truth is. If I were Bonds, I would want it done, and if I were the commissioner, I would want it done. Otherwise, people will lose confidence in the game, and the world will never leave Bonds alone. - John Dowd

Yesterday was a day I was proud to be commissioner of baseball... We had a problem and we did something about it. We had a problem. The sport had a problem. This is a problem that had to be solved. If not, somebody else was going to solve it in a more draconian way. - Bud Selig

Yes, rates have absolutely gone up this year and it's been very frustrating for me as a commissioner. But at the end of the day, these are costs we can't just say no to. If we want reliability and we want the lights to go on, we've got to make the tough decisions. - Dan Ebert

Yes I believe it is his. - Commissioner Resureccion Borra