Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

It was nasty. It was cold and wet and it had snowed that afternoon. It was a tough match and we were happy to come away with a win.

They have the right to protest, but are misguided in the views.

The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the losses. Some of the guys are feeling the pressure now from the last year when they were not successful.

I had signed a letter of intent to go to a college near by home in Pittsburg, Kan., on a basketball scholarship, but Monty and scout John Keenan convinced me to sign with the Dodgers. It was the right move, for sure,