The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

It gets you away from everything. Once you start doing a piece, you get into it and you become a part of it. It's a great release.

They're the type of team that when they start getting guys on, it just gets everybody going. That's when you really have to make your pitches. Because it seems they thrive on if you make a mistake, they make you pay for it.

They're still a very, very fundamentally sound, great defensive team. They're very well coached. They run good offense. They do a lot of good things. I think it's the same team they've had over the years, just great competitors and very, very intense.

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.