Told them that if they would take this it would make them stronger and faster. And he'd give them one this time but next time they'd have to pay for them.

The only people who are actually paying the taxes are new home buyers. A lot of the wealthy people are not paying the taxes they should be paying, and a lot of the middle-class people are actually bearing the tax burden.

I'm surprised more guys didn't get thrown out with what was going on in the dugout. I told [Ryan] Howard I thought half our roster was gone.

[Italiano] threw the ball extremely well early on. The wheels fell off there a little bit in the fourth inning.

My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.

Two tough teams went at it and they just came out on top. They're not the No. 1 team in the country for nothing.