The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings.

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other team to score in the last three innings.

Toughest thing for me as a young manager is that a lot of my players saw me play. They know how bad I was.

Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of your abilities. When it is over, you will have earned the respect of your opponents, your coaches, and yourself.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

It's a really neat and special coincidence, but it's nothing but a coincidence. This wasn't set up to give Matt that honor. It's just the way it worked out. It's a neat extra.