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.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

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

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.