It was hard for me. He worked with me every day. We did a lot of stuff together ... I almost left the K-9 program.

Everyday is a new day. I don't believe in momentum because we have to go out there everyday and start with zeros on the scoreboard.

We talked earlier in the day about more innings, and I told him to make sure to take advantage of his next opportunity.

I was raised on a family farm in western Minnesota. So I didn't have the background to prepare me for this business life.

In hindsight I would have done a lot of things differently.

If we had won a number of those close games, we probably wouldn't have thought about doing the trade. Looking at the results, which were below our expectations, we felt we had to do something. Wally was a player other teams wanted.