You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.

Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.

So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.