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

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.

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

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

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.