My competitive juices are starting to flow again. There are only two places that I'd ever want to go if I did it again ... that's New York and in Boston.

I think 'Lexus lanes,' or whatever you want to call [HOT lanes] is going to be a wedge issue.

The biggest problem will be, because he was so good and so smart, when he sees guys making those mental errors. When I coached those few games, that's what got to me,

There were a whole lot of things last year that made me nervous. Starting off last season, I did not think we had a good enough team to get to the playoffs, and the truth of the matter is the kids all stepped up and grew up in a hurry and we ended up playing great ball.

If he could pinch-hit, I'd have him in [the starting lineup] probably.

We stayed in some pretty shabby places in Europe.