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

When you're a kid growing up, you say you want to make it to the Major Leagues, and when you reach that dream, that's what it's all about.

Once you make the majors, it's never a great feeling to go back to the minors - no matter what the circumstances.

Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.

I'm in the major league now.

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.

I want to win a major, and hopefully I can win the four majors in one year.

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

Majors are important but so is every other tournament I play.