As a bench coach in Anaheim I used to sit down below with Sosh (Scioscia) on that little area, and then when you'd get up on top, it was an entirely different vibe, man. Two, three steps up, it's a different vibe. You feel everything. Joe Maddon More Quotes by Joe Maddon More Quotes From 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 going to hate me forever. Joe Maddon hate two lying Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. Joe Maddon pleasure baseball pressure I like to have fun. I have never done anything well in my entire life that I didn't enjoy. Joe Maddon enjoy done fun Don't ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. That's on the top of my lineup card every night. Joe Maddon pressure night cards I want the players to play that way, so I'd better manage that way. The philosophy has been thrown out there. We've been talking about it. We've been working on it, so let's see how it works. Let's see if theory and reality can come together. Joe Maddon player philosophy reality Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure. Joe Maddon exceed pleasure pressure When you start worrying about who you're going to play, it could bite you. Because it really shouldn't matter. Joe Maddon matter play worry I love everything about that because when he goes out there Javy Baez is not afraid of making a mistake, and that's big thing when you get players that are en masse not concerned about making mistakes, really good stuff can happen. That's, he leads the pack with that. Joe Maddon player mistake stuff You have to anticipate a call's not going to go your way. It happens to everybody. It happens to both sides every night, so you can't necessarily go there mentally. You've just got to keep moving through the moment. Joe Maddon night way moving It's one of those things that it's everything you think it is, but then again you have to - you need time to really process the entire situation. You stand out on that platform afterwards and you're looking at the ballpark and the fans and the W flags everywhere, and truthfully I do think about everybody, I think about the fans and their parents and their grandparents and great-grandparents and everything that's been going on here for a while. So you think that - I think about my coaching staff. Joe Maddon grandparent coaching thinking Don't let the pressure of the moment outweigh the pleasure. Joe Maddon pleasure moments pressure If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field. Joe Maddon fields ideas thinking I don't say anything. One of the reporters asked me in the scrum in there, and I said, no, I didn't say anything to anybody. I can only hurt them right now. I cannot help them. Joe Maddon hurt say-anything helping You have to be able to play through the tough moments by doing something offensively, and we haven't been able to do that. Joe Maddon tough able play I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game. Joe Maddon gains games thinking Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy pitching. Joe Maddon credit guy giving Maybe tweeting is a more appealing method of getting your thoughts out to the masses a little bit more often. That's the only way I consider it. Otherwise, I do it for the fans' purposes; it's definitely not to try to empty my brain out to anybody else. Joe Maddon fans brain trying I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game. Joe Maddon games running thinking I know Daniel Murphy is a really good hitter. He's definitely pulling the ball right now for power, although he did go left-central the other night against the Dodgers, I believe. Joe Maddon balls night believe I have not seen the National League enough to know. Joe Maddon league enough knows
