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.'

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

There is no worse emotion than fear.

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.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.