When you treat guys like you’re in Little League, they’re not going to rally around you like you might want them to. If I took a bad swing, I know I took a bad swing....

If you’re focused on places you want to be down the road, you’re not focusing on the task at hand.

He’s something baseball needs right now. With all the (negative) publicity going on, he’s a breath of fresh air.

We’re the ones who have to perform. It’s only his responsibility to prepare us, but once we take that field, it’s up to us.

He had the best slider I’ve seen him have in four years. It looked like a fastball before you swung, then it just dropped.

Anyone who gives up is worthless.

It really feels good to have everybody here. We’re all looking forward to this season and now we’re ready to go.

What can I say. We can’t win. Not right now.

He tends to get himself into trouble and then pull himself out. Once the pressure is on, he’s very good under pressure.

At first, I slid because he was up there and he jumped at me. I thought I still slid late enough to get in, but as I slid, my spikes dug in. It was one...