Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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