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

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.

You could have the bases loaded, and you bring up the best pinch-hitter in the world to pinch hit, he hits into a double play, and then all of a sudden: 'How could you do that?'

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

I do love the feeling of a big win. But you don't have to have a World Series ring to be a winner. A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished. Being able to get the most from their ability. That's what characterizes a winner.

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.