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

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

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

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?'

Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is.

When I was coming home from school as a youngster, and I saw my dad's car in the driveway, I would go to a friend's house. I connected my dad being there with fear.

When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.