Feb 11, 2009 5:05 PM EST

Former owner H. Wayne Huizenga admitted on Tuesday that he regrets dismantling the Marlins after they won the 1997 World Series.

"We lost $34 million the year we won the World Series and I just said, 'You know what, I'm not going to do that,' " he said.

"If I had to do it all over again, I'd say, 'OK, we'll go one more year. I'm telling you right now at the end of this year I'm out of here.' That's what I would've done, but that's in hindsight. There's nothing you could do about it. The decision was made and we made it."

Via South Florida Sun-Sentinel