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.

In the end, I'll put my good acts up against those of anybody in this country. Anybody.

I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.

What happens is that all your life you operated businesses in such a way that you could one day afford to buy a baseball team. And then you buy the team and forget all the business practices that enabled you to buy it.

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 hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

David Cone is in a class by himself with three or four other players.