I think the one thing about me is I'm a fairly demanding guy, and I give a great deal of myself, and I expect that in return.

I always get a kick out of who is going to be the larger cheering section.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

You make decisions and you're not going to please everybody all the time.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

You look around baseball and when things go south, that type of fan apathy happens.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

They say baseball is a slow game. It sure doesn't seem that way when you're in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick.

I'm really going to miss all the people in the front office, media relations, marketing, all the great people at the ball park. They were my family for a while, and that part really stings. But life does go on.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town? It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliché - but why worry about things you have no control over? What I can do is try to get this club to continue to play well. That's all I can do.

We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better.

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder.