He’s a very important part of the team. When he’s pitching well at the back end of our bullpen it really allows everyone to fall into place.

[As for this year,] We won 95 games and put ourselves in position to make a postseason run, … But it didn’t materialize for us.

I took very seriously the responsibilities of turning the Red Sox into a championship organization and playing a role in that process, … We did accomplish that. There’s a lot more work to be done...

Curse of the Bambino.

That’s why they pay you guys the big bucks, … To find the polysyllabic word for this.

From a personal standpoint, I really admire Bronson. I have gotten to know him really well, and that made it difficult. From an organizational standpoint, we owe a lot to Bronson ..I think it?s safe...

I think he feels that obligation to come into camp in great shape next year.

For about 14 years, we’ve had a very successful working relationship, … I think Larry and I like each other. As with any long-term relationship, there are complexities. There are ups and downs. There are...

Ninety-five wins is nothing to laugh at. All the resources of this organization are going to be dedicated to trying to win 11 more games.

You just try to make the most of every single opportunity in the postseason. We weren’t able to do it this year.

The way our bullpen has been, this will be a good opportunity for us. If he gets on a roll, and throws strikes, he has a chance to really help us. We don’t have a...

It’s not time enough for a really adequate sample size, but we have to be patient. Five starts [will be] more telling than two.

It was a time of personal conflict. We had discord.

That remains to be seen. We have as many as seven starting pitchers, but those things have a way of working themselves out during the course of the camp.

I don’t know where we would have been without him this year.

They’re always wary of what’s around the corner.

He just has a bit of a tired arm,

I think there are a lot of factors, … One is the first round, it’s only five games, you do have that off-day, and then you look at sort of how the rest of your...

I think the first year in Boston can leave you feeling like you need to take some time off and you need to get away a little bit. He was a little bit taken back...

It’s been less than an ideal year, but under the circumstances he’s made significant contributions.

I think Manny is obviously a huge part of this club. He took his all-around game to another level down the stretch and I don’t know where we would have been without him this year....

My relationship with Larry is one that spanned about 14 years; we’ve had a very successful working relationship,

It’s not a pattern you want to fall into. Our backs are truly against the wall. It’s the personality of this team to not do things easily.

We felt that there’s probably no one on the planet better suited than Doug to do this. We had a chance to get him at a reasonable cost. So that made sense to us.

No, I am not burned out, … I have tremendous passion for the game. I have tremendous dedication to the game. I believe that I will find myself in a position of leadership with an...

Since Red Sox fans are so intense and baseball’s a long, 162-game season, it helped that this team was as loose as it was, … If this team was as intense as its fans, it...

We think investing in Coco was a wise move.

He’s got a great arm. He brings velocity to the table, mid-90s [mph],

That wasn’t admissible. It didn’t come up.

We’ll see how the roster shakes out, but we could also send him down and let him get some at-bats to get himself straightened out.

It was a fair trade because there was tremendous talent on both sides. The Red Sox are getting more established talent, but the Marlins are getting tremendous upside talent and affordable talent. One side was...

We trust this guy’s makeup. He’s a guy we’re very comfortable with on the mound.

Larry and I like each other. As with any other working relationship there are complexities, there are ups and downs.

We have a handful of guys ready to step in,

I understand there’s been some interest in talking to me over the last couple of days, as evidenced by the cameras outside my house and the fact that I left in a gorilla suit the...

Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone … whose best days are ahead of him. He’s not coming off his best [offensive] season, but we still think there is some ceiling...

He loves his [Red Sox] teammates and he really took a liking to the organization. Not every aspect of a situation is going to be to a player’s liking, so that would not surprise me....

I think in the long run it will turn out to be a very good development year for him. He’s far ahead of most members of the 2004 draft class.