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.

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.

I'm ready to do something different.

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.

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.

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.