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

To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.

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.

I'm careful not to give into theatrics when times are tough, I don't like it when somebody gives into outside pressure and puts on a show for others.

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

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

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.