Dave Martinez

I was thinking it would be nice if I woke up and could play like Roberto Clemente.

Umpires are supposed to be non-confrontational - they're supposed to uphold the peace on the baseball field.

The one thing I always hear from the players is they say, ‘You never change… no matter what happens, you have conversations with us, you are always positive.' They appreciate that."

The one thing I've known and I've learned from the best managers, it's to stay positive.

Through process and preparation and going through all of the interviews, I've learned a lot about myself and my skills.

I can remember having meetings with my coaches when things were going bad. I told them, ‘Hey, we've got to be positive. This is the time we need to step up. You've got to make sure they know everything is going to be okay. Keep teaching. Once they see you are down, you lose them and that can't happen.'"

I realized that I still had a lot to offer the game. My knowledge could maybe help younger guys. I enjoyed being around the clubhouse, on the field.

You have to stay in the moment. Stay focused. Know what you're going to do.

The biggest thing I tell the boys is control the heartbeat. It's hard to do, but we've gotta be able to control the heartbeat in big moments because it goes really quick. So just stay in that moment and focus on the moment, don't get ahead of yourselves, and just play the game that we've been playing all year.

In the heat of the moment things get blown out of hand.