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.

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

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.

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

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.