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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.