I was very, very nervous and then I just thought nobody can see who you are, so you can be a goof.

With the old costumes you always went down on your knees to talk to the kids. Now we just wave to them, and when they're ready they come up and give you a high five or a hug.

You never want to just stand there. You want to have a lot of motion and you try to react with the crowd no matter if we're winning or losing.

I thought Brian threw very well. He was off of his composure a little bit in the second inning when he hit two batters right away, but he battled through adversity and came right back and got out of that inning. He threw the ball well. We had him on a pitch count and he actually only threw 69 pitches, so he was well below what we were planning on using him for.

I thought we played well defensively. We had some good quality at bats. We only had four hits to show from it, but I was very pleased.

Nichts kommt von selbst. Und nur wenig ist von Dauer. Darum — besinnt Euch auf Eure Kraft und darauf, dass jede Zeit eigene Antworten will und man auf ihrer Höhe zu sein hat, wenn Gutes bewirkt werden soll.“

("Nothing happens automatically. And only few things last. Therefore — be mindful of your strength, and of the fact that every era wants its own answers, and you have to be up to its speed in order to be able to do good.")

Message to the Socialist International Congress in Berlin, September 15, 1992