Dave Martinez

I'm about as honest as I can get.

There's a lot of good Latin personnel out in baseball, coaching, in the front office, and it's nice to be recognized. But I really believe I'm here because of my merit, not because of any race or anything like that.

Every year that I have under my belt, I'm a lot more confident and a lot more prepared for the challenges of being a manager.

It would be tremendous… I'd love to be part of winning a championship in Chicago.

Building relationships. Communicating. Trust. Those are three things I've kind of instilled myself with.

When I was with the Giants, I played for Dusty Baker, and I love Dusty to death. I think he's a great manager and great person, but he platooned me. His reasoning was to get everybody in the lineup. It wasn't that I couldn't play every day.

I love conversations, about anything.

I love Chicago. I love Wrigley Field.

I've been around baseball for a really long time. I didn't know I could want to be here any more than I do, have any more love or passion for this. But being away, even for just a week, that was the worst. I didn't know what was going on. I never want to do that again.

My kids would watch from the window and wave to me during batting practice.

It wasn't until Joe Maddon called me in 2006 when I thought about pursuing a coaching career.

I utilize my coaches. I value their opinions on a lot of things.