"Doug Melvin and Gord Ash and their staffs have done that. When you get to know ballplayers as I've now started to get to know a little bit ... what I've found is, No. 1, the guys that are competitive want to win. If you provide a winning team for them, they will be interested. Second has to be an organization that really looks out for its players. We care about the players. We care about their families. That's a tone I try to set at the top and it runs through the organization and it's able to be communicated when a Trevor Hoffman speaks to a Mike Cameron.

"I'm very proud we can attract someone like Trevor to our team."

Leadership seminar: Brewers manager Ken Macha was asked about Hoffman's leadership impact

"There are direct leaders, guys that have titles, and there are indirect leaders," Macha said. "I think these indirect leaders are guys players are going to look up to and see what kind of professional he is and I think it's going to have a tremendous effect."

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