Carlton Quotes

I had a long conversation with Steve Carlton. He told me that on the days he pitched, he felt it was his responsibility to make everyone around him better, to lift his teammates. That`s what I try to do.

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.

Brett and Digby have certainly made a significant contribution to the Carlton Football Club, both on and off the field, since joining Carlton in late 2003,

Karl joined Carlton direct from Wangaratta in the 2002 National Draft and we wish him all the best for the future.

It`s doubled his workload, at least. He`s trying to get to know these guys quickly. That didn`t happen 30 years ago. The decade that Jorge has had with the Yankees has been much harder, from a mental standpoint, than Bench with the Reds or (Carlton) Fisk with the Red Sox or White Sox.

He has a great football brain and if he falls out with Carlton we are here.

(Ruckman Matthew Allan met Sheedy yesterday morning and the two have agreed to talk again this week. Allan, an All-Australian and Carlton best-and-fairest winner in 1999, is believed to have told the club that he intends to retire but has been persuaded by Sheedy to reconsider.) Sheeds wanted him to stay and even James Hird spoke with him, ... They wanted him to go another year.