...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

Not that managing in the American League is easy, but this is certainly different. I'll have to have somebody poke me in the rear end when I have a pitcher that's going to hit.

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.