Age Quote by Geoff Petrie

I felt like there were some years we didn't play as well as we should have. There were also years where some other teams…

— Ryan Clark

Halfway through the decade, we realized that we had a great team and that we could do great things, and that we could probably…

— Franco Harris

We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of…

— Anonymous

The team evolves over time, and players need replacing.

— Gerardo Martino

We're still a great team. In your mind you can understand that but, emotionally, we needed to express the same belief. We came out…

— Dennis Bergkamp

I think maybe our team was too young and stupid to even know what was going on.

— Patrick Kane

What we should have done is kept the same team that played in the '95 World Series. Those trades (Eddie Murray & Carlos Baerga)…

— Albert Belle

The A's were a team with very few resources. We didn't have access to players who were obviously great, who could do it all…

— Paul DePodesta

The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of…

— Anonymous

Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a…

— Steve Kerr

I think the team will think this was an O.K. year. Some guys had career years, but the reality is that we didn't get…

— Mike Young

I wouldn't change my era for anything. The team's stayed together.

— John Havlicek