Here's some of the Q&A with Larry Riley from this morning.

Is this your opportunity to make a mark in this league?

Not really. It's been about working with teams. It isn't about me. Is that opportunity there? Yeah, it's stupid not to say it's there. But that's not really the motivating factor as much as trying to win games and putting the team together. I'm 64. That finally got out. I think people thought I was a little younger. It probably comes at the right time for me because I've got a few years left but I'm not going to end up being a general manager with 20 or 30 years experience and have some glorious record. It's too late for that for me. Frankly I'm enjoying the job because of the relationship with coaches and front office. I'm not looking at it as something that's the end of my life. It's important to me. You can't minimize that. Unless something changes I'm not going to be suicidal if things go badly and if they go well there's a lot of credit that has to be given to the players and the coaches and the whole organization and I'm just a piece of it."

As a general manager are you more conservative or risk taking?

Probably more conservative. If I take a risk it'll be a big one with a high reward or it will fall flat. I don't see doing a lot of that but there might be one out there that you look at and say "hey this is a piece that turns the franchise" and I would certainly look at doing that. It would be slow on my part. Some things I move quickly on but not often. I would deliberate quite a bit.

Would you acquire a guy who becomes a free agent in a year?

I think the only way that would happen is if you are allowed to negotiate beyond that point. It would be difficult for me to bring in a free agent whose contract expires the next summer and he walks away because you would give up a great deal in order to get that person. I can't do that. I've got to know there's some real likelihood that's not going to happen. In order to get one of those guys you have to trade one of your best players and maybe a draft pick and then that guy walks away, you're toast."