One of the toughest things in the world when you're playing on the road is a leadoff walk in the bottom of the ninth, and that's exactly what happened. It's tough. It's unfortunate. It's something more times than not, it will come back to haunt you, and it did.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

It's easily acquired nine miles down the road in Bryson City, but people don't want it here.

In the National League, everybody always said the road to the World Series went through Atlanta. In the American League, the same thing can be said about New York. They're a storied franchise, and rightfully so, with all of the world championships they've won. But we're not intimidated by the Yankees, and we're going to have fun playing those guys.

In terms of the rates of injury, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are regions of the world where road traffic accidents are taking many, many lives, particularly in the younger age groups.

I'm not the least bit shy about suggesting things to my players that make a lot of sense. I don't think it's overstepping my bounds to talk to guys about thinking about that big gold trophy that they give out at the end of the year. It's OK to win some of those. They look really nice on a mantelpiece.