I've been in baseball my whole life, so I understand there's a lot in baseball that is out of your control, and you have to focus on the things you can control.

I do my homework. I come to the ballpark, and I relay any message that I need to relay to the players. I get that off my chest.

There is a lot to managing, and with almost four years under my belt, I believe I'm ready.

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

I didn't play the game right because I saw a reward at the end of the tunnel.

I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

I think sometimes Hall of Famers might get labeled as guys who aren't suited for a coaching job or to be back at the Major League level.

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

My wife Margaret is the best thing that's ever happened to me.

I let the players use their abilities and what they're capable of doing. If they're capable of stealing bases, I'm going to give them the green light. I'm going to teach them to pick their spots and to get a base when they can get a base.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm owed anything.

There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.

Your first responsibility is to the organization, to teach and prepare players to get to the big leagues and have them ready when they get there, but everyone in the minors wants to be in the majors.

I struggled many times when maybe it didn't look like I was struggling, and I had to work hard every day.

It's an elite group. And once you're in the Hall, you're in the Hall. Up until now, I think the voting system has handled things very well. And like I said before, there are no suspicions in the Hall of Fame.

I was in awe every time I walked on to the field.

Even if we're in fifth place in September, I get butterflies before a game. I'm nervous.

I am not the type of person who can leave my game at the ballpark and feel comfortable that my future is set regardless of my performance.

The reason I am here, they tell me, is that I played the game a certain way, that I played the game the way it was supposed to be played.

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen.

My mom was at every single game I played as a kid, rain or shine.

The fourth major league game I ever saw in person, I was in uniform.

When did it - When did it become okay for someone to hit home runs and forget how to play the rest of the game?

In baseball, there's always the next day.

Baseball wasn't easy for me.

I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers.