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

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.

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

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

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

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.