Joe Maddon

You arrive at a point in your life where you know what you know.

I know that sounds dumb, but some people really don't know what they know.

They're regurgitators.

They're always repeating things that they've heard from somebody else.

But by the time I get to the Cubbies,

And even with the Rays, I knew, I really felt I knew what it would take to put us into that position.

And of course, you have to have great players.

Don't be deceived.

I mean, managers are good because the players are good.

And if you have a really good pitching staff, you're even better.

And if you have a real closer, you can be the best manager there is.

All that stuff is part of the gig.

But you guys were fabulous.

It was so...

Interesting, because the Rays are great.

I love Tampa Bay, and we're here right now, but the tradition of the Cubs walking into Wrigley Field every day, I would walk in and look up and I'd say thank you, because I never experienced that.

Anaheim was great for a while, but I was not a manager, and the Rays played at the Trop, which is cool, but Wrigley Field, I think, for me, is the best

professional venue in all the sports.

I'll go to Europe, all these soccer stadiums, whatever, and I put Wrigley up against all of them because on a daily basis, those people in that ballpark, you could play, and I'll shut up in a second, but remember we played the Indians on a Monday in a make-up game.

I think it was 2016.