Joe Maddon

Being a big leaguer, being a 4A guy, a guy that really can never get over the hump from AAA to that 4A, we call it 4A because it's the tweener guy between being a minor leaguer and a major leaguer.

But you can't get over that.

It's not because your skills aren't good.

Your brain just can't deal with it, man.

And when you can deal with it, when you learn how to throw it away, I used to tell guys sometimes, you see that big lake out there?

Oh, yeah.

I called it an ocean.

On the ride home tonight, take all those thoughts, wrap it around a big old rock, throw it in that lake, and then come back tomorrow.

Because you don't need those thoughts.

The Mimosa Station.

You're going to implode at some point.

That's the point.

It's all about balance.

The whole world's about balance.

Your life's about balance.

You got a new baby right now.

You know exactly what that feels like.

Once you have a child of your own, you understand what the word sacrifice really means.

And until you have that baby, you'll never really know what the word sacrifice truly means.

Everything's exposed to you as you go through life and in baseball right now.