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 am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

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

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'

I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.

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

Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.