Turnerisms
He comes out with so much weird stuff that he deserved his own page. For my money, he's the best owner in baseball. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a Braves fan.
(On the Braves)
One of my goals in life was to be surrounded by unpretentious, rich young men. Then I bought the Braves and I was surrounded by twenty-five of them.
(On payrolls)
Sometimes, even if you spend lots of money on a baseball team, it won't win. Things happen, injuries. Guys fall down. One of your pitchers can get one of those rotary cuffs.
(On Rupert Murdoch buying the Dodgers)
Rupert doesn't own them yet. All it takes is four votes in the National League against him. And I can tell you which way one vote will go right now. Baseball is a family game, and Rupert owns a newspaper in Europe called the Sun, where on page 3 they put pictures of bare-chested females, which is certainly demeaning to women. That alone makes him questionable. Larry Flynt once wanted to own a baseball team, but he was rejected for the same reason.I've challenged him to a boxing match. It's a great idea. One 58-year-old against one 66-year-old. We'll put it on pay-per-view, charge $4.95. There'll be a million homes, maybe 2 or 3 million homes, that'll buy that. That's the lowest-priced fight anybody has ever put on. The proceeds will go to the winner's charity. Boys' and girls' clubs for me. Maybe we'll make it so the loser will have to leave the country. Murdoch is chicken. He won't do this. He can even wear headgear and I won't.
(On what he wants on his tombstone)
Ten years ago, it was going to be: "You can't interview me here." Five years ago, it was going to be: "It was bound to happen sooner or later." Now, it would be: "I have nothing more to say."
(On what he knows about hockey)
They wear a lot of padding and fight a lot.
(On what he'll call his new expansion hockey team)
It'll be the Thrashers. That's because the Georgia state bird is the Brown Thrasher. There aren't all that many left in Georgia anymore, because we spray all the insects down there with pesticides and then the Brown Thrashers eat the insects and die from the pesticides. Maybe this will call attention to that.We almost would have an all-bird sports city then. We have the Hawks and the Falcons, and when there was all the talk about the Braves from Native American groups, I was thinking about a new name and I had arrived at the Eagles.
(On slowing down)
Time. I need more of it. Actually, I am the biggest shareholder of Time. I own Time. And now I'm running out of it.