To win the division, I was very proud of that, ... But on the other side of the coin, what enabled us to win the division just ran us dry at the end. We had to play every guy, every day, and we needed to win every single game.

Well, we want to win our division, no question, ... [But] the way we've been playing all year, it's nice to have [the wild card]. Right now, we know what we want to do, we want to win the division, we're shooting at Boston, but we also know how tough it's been to get where we are right now, and whatever perk we get from this thing, we're gonna certainly have earned it.

Every year, there's going to be someone who's going to be a thorn in your side. This year, it's the Devil Rays. You look at their record lately, and it's not too shabby. They've always had talented people.

The other side of the coin is that we had a terrific win against Adelaide, and every player deserve to continue on. So it is pretty tight.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

You went from semi-hating him to appreciating him when you realized the sensitive side to him.