I spend a lot of my time thinking about what the bad guys are going to do next.

As soon as it came off my bat, I was thinking at the very least to get to third base. Then, I saw (first-base coach) Tim Raines throw his hands up.

I don't think anybody in the ballpark was thinking about me hitting the ball out of the ballpark.

As a driver you're always second-guessing yourself, thinking maybe you're the problem. It does lift the pressure off.

I'm real happy with the way they progressed. We went in thinking we had a competitive team, but we weren't really sure how they were going to do. … [That final record] is good considering where they started.

Divergent thinking