There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

There is no need to hide the reality from the world.

I think you blacked out for a little bit there,

I think you blacked out for a little bit there,

He said if (the U.S. team) loses, he can say he did his best and that he was prepared for read more

He said if (the U.S. team) loses, he can say he did his best and that he was prepared for it. It builds up your confidence when you work hard at something.

We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly read more

We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly tight.

Sara Lee was an exceptional company with compounded earnings-per-share growth exceeding 12% a year for 25 years. But I think read more

Sara Lee was an exceptional company with compounded earnings-per-share growth exceeding 12% a year for 25 years. But I think the clock stopped for Sara Lee in 1995.

His pitch count went a little high because of the first couple of innings. We were hoping he could get read more

His pitch count went a little high because of the first couple of innings. We were hoping he could get the win, but we don't want to burn him out because that could carry over the next start.

I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around.

I really don't want this to be goodbye. I'm not leaving anywhere. I'm still going to be around.

I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, read more

I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, a pitch count based on that certain pitcher. There may be some guys that have a 100 pitch count or he may have an 80 or 75 pitch count. It all depends on the person's strength, arm action and mechanics. All of that will play a role in our decision making.

The reality was my staff and I had every intention of coming back. We thought we had a pretty decent read more

The reality was my staff and I had every intention of coming back. We thought we had a pretty decent season for a young team.