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I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.

Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.

Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I'm good at this, so I'm going to be good at that - and it's not that way at all.

The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.

The key to management is to get rid of the managers.

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

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

Management must manage!