My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

Different styles work for different guys... If you can handle shortstop and hit, teams will find a way to pencil you into the lineup.

Leadership isn't about simply being in charge and treating your people like soldiers and barking orders. Leadership is sharing your knowledge and your direction so that others grow and reach their potential.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

Each and every day had its challenges.

I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you get when you give a kid a chance, that is a hundred times greater than that feeling.

I am driven by what you are able to accomplish and how you are able to help some people. I go about it each and every day, sometimes I think I say yes too much and I am too busy in my life.