I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'

I tell you, revenge plays a big part in momentum down here.

I remember in 1990, there were five of us making $3 million a year. When guys passed us, we didn't cry. Why would we cry? You didn't get mad when someone got $6 million. Or $8 million.

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

Blessings can come in a number of ways. The Lord doesn't give you what you want, the Lord gives you what you need.

Come on, when does it come to the point where your name can't come up in trade talks? Willie Mays got traded. Pedro Martinez got traded. So what? That's part of the game.

I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose.