It's the youth movement we have. A lot of young guys with a lot of passion. It brings the fun back to the game.
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.
I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter... or anybody else's wife.
I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.
Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.
It's a sensitive thing, playing major league baseball.
I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest.
It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself.
You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough.
Basically, hitters fall into a pattern, and once you know what they like, you can set them up for the putout with something else.
I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.
Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.
When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds.
Playing the game, representing the team, giving my all and never letting go has meant everything to me.
The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.
I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.
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American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.
You give them recommendations. You throw different angles at them where, hopefully, they can get something out of it.
