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.

You can be stupid once, but idiotic to do it again. I'll settle for being stupid.

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.

It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive even when we were behind. And sometimes it works.

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.