Everybody's success is determined by your starting rotation. If you've got a good rotation and a good closer, you have a chance to be a good club. |
He takes the guesswork out of everything because he prepares so thoroughly. He's always studying the oppositions, the pitchers and players. He's always looking for an edge. |
He's attached to the strike zone. His stuff stays in the zone. It's fun to watch, because he gets the defense involved. With him, he has deception to his delivery. |
I've never had a bad job in baseball. I loved being a rookie-league manager. I loved being a big-league manager. To go and see the best baseball players in the world, it is fun. There is no other way to put it. |
If we have a winning team, then people will come out. If we don't, they won't. |
It's complicated, because a lot of people from New Orleans had contempt for Houston because it's so modern and spiffy, but the jobs are here. |
Pittsburgh just got a lot better. If I were a general manager and I had one choice, it would be Jim Tracy. (The Pirates) made a great hire. |
We've got a lot of good quarterbacks in the league and I think the league is going to be very good. |
We've got a lot of inexperienced people and that's always a challenge. It's a matter of them stepping up and playing. We're kind of a question mark. |