Tony La Russa

Losing sucks. I don't think most people understand how bad it feels.

You've got to acknowledge what you did wrong and see if you can fix it to the extent possible, and turn the page.

I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport.

When I see something that I think isn't right, I think I have some kind of, for right or wrong, an obligation to fix it.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.