I always believe that it's not the way you start, it's the way you finish. If people thought we weren't going to lose one, they're crazy.
I was kind of worried about him leaving the ball around the plate and giving up a home run, and all of a sudden he'd lose everything he built for the whole game. He said he was fine and I believe my pitchers.
I've only been thrown out four times in my career, not my managing career. If I get tossed from the game, I think I let the team down. If a manager is not there in a playoff game I think you lose the respect of your team. I need my players and my players need me.
This is the way we should be playing. If we lose, lose the right way.
It's a thing when we lose a game, I'm in my office for another hour when everybody goes home. I sit an hour to figure out what we did wrong. ... When we win, I'm the happiest man. When we lose, I get sick.
I took a couple of peeks up there. Nothing against Kansas City or Tampa Bay, but the way they are playing right now and from what I saw when they left here, I doubt they will lose another game. I don't expect Tampa Bay to do it. I think the best team to do it now is us.
I never believe managers win games or managers lose games. The type of players I have in my clubhouse, those are the type of players that can win with anybody running the club.
I never saw anybody lose a game and get a standing ovation. . . . They made the Cleveland fans really excited. They made baseball great to watch.
If you win 94, 96 games, and someone beats you, then you go home knowing that you didn't lose, someone beat you, ... You can't let it get to you. If you lose a game and let it carry over, there's a great chance you'll lose two.