Joe Maddon

I get in so many tough spots when I demonstrate my feelings on certain things.

— Joe Maddon

I work from a position of positivity always. I don't dwell on negativity, and I always believe something better's on the horizon.

— Joe Maddon

With wine, you don't really have to know what you're talking about, you just have to know what you like.

— Joe Maddon

My mom was a bit more excitable, but my dad was the most patient man I've ever met.

— Joe Maddon

My dad was actually my first mentor. Decent man, hard-working man, never missed a day of work plumber.

— Joe Maddon

Javy [Baez] grew up in Puerto Rico, played a lot of baseball as a youth, played a lot of winter ball. He's…

— Joe Maddon

I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

— Joe Maddon

If I'm honest with you, you might not like me for a day or two. But if I lie to you, you're…

— Joe Maddon

Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any…

— Joe Maddon

When you are working with a highly professional, motivated group that is accountable, the more freedom you give that group, the more…

— Joe Maddon

The Rays are kind of the envy of the industry based on so many good arms with so much good stuff and…

— Joe Maddon

When you go through a full season, some guys are going to get into some bad spots, and you have to stick…

— Joe Maddon

I don't say anything. One of the reporters asked me in the scrum in there, and I said, no, I didn't say…

— Joe Maddon

I'm a product of the '60s and the '70s - slightly rebellious back then in college, not so much in high school,…

— Joe Maddon

Sometimes we all gain this elitist status mentally that inhibits us from being the kid that got you there in the first…

— Joe Maddon

I love everything about that because when he goes out there Javy Baez is not afraid of making a mistake, and that's…

— Joe Maddon

You can talk about Phil Jackson for years when he was with the Lakers and the Bulls, I used to read a…

— Joe Maddon

My father was a plumber and I'm from the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, and I promise you, I've been to Birmingham and…

— Joe Maddon