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Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

If you go back to the minors, you have to start swinging and hitting the ball again. I've been in the minors since the '70s semipros, let's put it that way.

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors.

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.

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.

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.

I'm 37, I'm pretty fit and feel I have another eight years left - which means there's 32 Majors still to go at.

I was tempted my junior year to go out of college and forgo my eligibility. I had broken several world records. I did have a lot of people telling me that I should go pro.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.