Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.

One win­ter, when I was 12, my older brother Frank (20) said to my father, 'We want you out of the house. We don't want any­thing other than the house we live in. We don't want any­thing from you. Just leave.' And he left.

You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.