I called him. For the next four or five days, if I'd seen him, I'd have punched him in the nose.

Over the last four, five years, you've seen some of the things, and maybe we did bend over too much for Ronnie to try to help him. But I can sleep good at night, knowing we did the best we could.

To have to wait four or five days is unimaginable. It makes you sick. But this is something that is part of the biosphere. This is God's planet. This is his nature.

We're here for a little bit of a tour for four or five days, just to get together and kind of talk about the season. The players everybody is talking about are all playing well, and decisions are very difficult. No matter what we do, there is going to be a controversy.

I think all the improvements are good, basic improvements that will get us through the next four to five years.

I've become a better pitcher because I've learned to economize, ... I can throw four or five days in a row, and when Felipe (Alou) gets me up, I almost always come into the game, so there isn't a lot of wasted energy.