The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.

It took me time to realize that the men who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon are just men, just like me.

We'll probably only consider a handful of individuals. We'll bring up people who can accumulate either innings or at-bats, so we can hopefully gauge where they stand as a prospective Major Leaguer.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.

I always know where the scissors are.