Emotion resembles a wheel spinning free. When the cogs work, action begins, emotion ceases.

Are Oliver Perez and Kip Wells important pieces as far as cogs in the wheel are concerned? Sure, they are. But I don't like any of my players -- and I go back to having Gary Sheffield , Kevin Brown , Shawn Green -- coming to work and feeling like, 'Hey, if I don't do it, then we as a group can't get it done.' This will be my sixth year as a manager, and that won't change. I believe you'll get more from the individual if he feels like he's a part of something and can, from that point, just relax and be who they're capable of being.

This is like putting all your chips on number 27 and spinning a roulette wheel. There is so much potentially bad that could happen, and it's not necessary to do it.

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.

emotion without action is irrelevant.

The best moment for work or study never arrives; one should therefore work whenever one can.