He'll remain involved to the extent that it's appropriate. Our role is to try to encourage both sides to work through this without it being adversarial in a costly way for all involved.

The guys know they have to be going when they're out there and if you work like that, sometimes you get a turnover and can do something with it.

There have been times when it was hard to get up in the morning -- hard to go to work.

It's hard for me to get good work. You don't see me more because it's hard for me to find stuff that I want to do. I would love to work more-I really would-but there is not a lot of stuff around and the stuff that is around is not very complicated; it tends to lie a little flat.

Penalty killing is just hard work,

His work ethic is one of his stronger points. He has a lot of offensive ability, a short stroke that helps him hit for average and he has some power. He can really swing the bat.