There's no way we would take even anything close to a $12 wage rate.

This was huge. We knew we had to win both these games. After we started 0-4, we just came out and practiced harder and we pulled together.

We expect European company margins to reverse a seven-consecutive-quarter trend of year-over-year declines and begin to show recovery. This could be an inflection point for European profitability.

We came up in the first inning and our first three hitters all struck out. Then they put up a three spot up and we just came together. We hit around and I think the difference was our dugout. Everyone was in the game from our starters to our pinch hitters.

The only goal is in the process. The process is in the thing with little flashes of light: those are the gigs, the live shows... it's the life in between. That's all I've got.

I don't really go on what people say so much; I go on their voice. I go on their energy at the time. I go on how close their arms are folded into their chest.