I'm ready to do something different.

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

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.

Even when you have three strikes, you're still not out. There is always something else you can do.

I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have potentially.

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.

The best way to win is to play well early or late in the game. The middle part tends to take care of itself.