Joe Maddon
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I'm living with Uncle Rick up in Long Beach.
And I get there, and all of a sudden I had this epiphany, and I, again, piece of paper by my bed, wrote it down.
What am I saying here?
What am I saying?
So I don't know why I went five levels.
Level one, happy to be here.
Because I was right there, Jack.
I was right there.
I was only called up a year before.
It must have been 95.
Happy to be here is level one, right?
And we all, like you said, I lost a brand new leather bomber jacket at the Hertz counter on my trip from Vancouver to Anaheim for my first trip to the big leagues because I was so excited.
Just happy to be there.
I want to stay here.
This is really good.
Survival.
And survival is very dangerous because when you're happy to be here, you could help the team.
You're just out there playing.
You're freewheeling it.
You have your blinders on.