There is no worse emotion than fear.

He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

My greatest talent is calmness and being positive. I concentrate on what you can do even in the worst of times. You don't judge by last week's errors or lost opportunity.

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

If all of us who love baseball and are doing our jobs, then those who get the game from us will be as proud to be a part of it as we were. And we are. This game is a gift, and I am humbled, very humbled, to accept its greatest honor.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.