It's just like building a house. You start with a foundation. Right now, the goal is to find some carpenters and some nails.

There has been a dramatic decline in quail populations, and we welcome efforts by UF and other public and private agencies to restore this ecosystem in Florida and the Southeast.

Right now I don't see this team like it used to be early in the season. I've only been around when they play here. It's tough for me to say how they do on the road. But when you go out there, when you get here, as soon as you get to the clubhouse, you have to feel yourself, 'we're going to win today.' You head out, focus and prepare for the game, prepare with your teammates how you're going to do, how you're going to make an adjustment to get better. I don't think we've got that kind of players over here. We've got pretty good players that can be All-Stars. We've got Pudge (Ivan Rodriguez), all those guys. We need to stay together. This game is not easy. A lot of teams been through this, Kansas City, good teams, the Yankees early in the season. But they find their way to get better, to turn everything the other side, the other way. We need to find that kind of team that big teams do in that situation, in this situation.

We respect and defend the right of the Church to address questions of values, but it is very serious to receive only one of the candidates for prime minister just ahead of the ballot.

I wish Willie [Bloomquist] was here with us so we could have all three of them working out together. Right now, it's just Yuni and Jose taking ground balls and making throws to each other at the base.

I'm doing everything possible, and everything right. It's just a matter of time.