Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.

My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.

I'm not a win at all costs guy. Winning isn't everything. It's second to breathing.

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it.