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I've been around baseball for a really long time. I didn't know I could want to be here any more than I do, have any more love or passion for this. But being away, even for just a week, that was the worst. I didn't know what was going on. I never want to do that again.

I love Chicago. I love Wrigley Field.

It would be tremendous… I'd love to be part of winning a championship in Chicago.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

Honestly, I'd rather not talk about my health.

Often, bumpy roads lead to beautiful places.

I interviewed quite a few times and finally got a job with the Nationals. And I greatly appreciate it.

I'm never going to criticize any umpires or anything, because they're a big part of the game.

In the heat of the moment things get blown out of hand.

There's a lot of good Latin personnel out in baseball, coaching, in the front office, and it's nice to be recognized. But I really believe I'm here because of my merit, not because of any race or anything like that.

Everyone keeps telling me how young I am, but if the right opportunity comes up, I'm ready to manage.

I realized that I still had a lot to offer the game. My knowledge could maybe help younger guys. I enjoyed being around the clubhouse, on the field.

When you go up there in the batter's box, you're engaged to hit. It's the same thing with baserunning.

My job is to be the bench coach with the Rays and help this team succeed. If another opportunity arises, I'd welcome the opportunity.

I've done everything I could as a bench coach. I'm ready to manage.

I'm about as honest as I can get.

I was thinking it would be nice if I woke up and could play like Roberto Clemente.

When I look back, I think I just never got the opportunity to play every day.

I never took things for granted. I always told myself to keep working hard, come to the ballpark ready to play, and one day I'll get a chance to play.

I can play with pain. It doesn't bother me.

I enjoy my job. And I love the city of Chicago, and this organization - it gave me the start to my whole career.

I like to hit with men in scoring position.

You know, for me, you don't chase wins.

In my career, I finished in second place six times. I played on teams that were in it to the very end. It's frustrating.

Yeah, I grew a goatee, and the next year, everybody had them.

When I was with the Giants, I played for Dusty Baker, and I love Dusty to death. I think he's a great manager and great person, but he platooned me. His reasoning was to get everybody in the lineup. It wasn't that I couldn't play every day.

Early in my career when I was with Montreal, we had a lot of good outfielders like Otis Nixon, myself, Marquis Grissom and Larry Walker. We all did the platooning thing, although each one of us could have played every day. We got everybody in the lineup, and everybody got to play.

I had some pretty good teachers. I learned how to play the game the right way.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

At 21, I'm too young to be considered just a defensive outfielder.

I always was the quiet type, never said that much.

The object is to win as many games possible.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

I've had many managers, and learned a lot from them, the good ones always stayed even-keeled, never rode the waves.

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