«It always takes two to tango.»

«I think Manny is obviously a huge part of this club. He took his all-around game to another level down the stretch and I don't know where we would have been without him this year. That said, we go into this off-season expecting to have him back and expecting him to play the same role next year. Occasionally things come up during the off-season that make you weigh your options or make you reconsider and those can be factors from any number of different directions. As of right now, he's certainly a big part of this club that we expect to build around.»

«It will be somewhere in between where we try to maintain the best of what we have, we try to integrate talented young players, we try to set ourselves up not only for 2006 but also for the future and we try to win at the same time. All those things go into the decision-making process. But you can't be afraid of change. You have to embrace it and turn it into a positive.»

«They didn't go out there saying, 'Let's find a way to end the 86-year curse.' It's a good story line, but it doesn't carry over between the lines.»

«I thought Terry did an outstanding job this year,»

«This wasn't one of his best seasons. I think he's going to have a great off-season. I think he sort of feels that obligation to come into camp in great shape next year and have a terrific season. Certain players' careers don't always play out in a linear fashion. There are ups and downs. He did a lot of things to help us win this year. But I think he'd admit this wasn't one of his best seasons. I think he called it at one point one of his more frustrating seasons. I think he'll take the steps necessary to improve upon that.»

«I think the first year in Boston can leave you feeling like you need to take some time off and you need to get away a little bit. He was a little bit taken back by how passionate the fan base was here. You expect a guy that's played in New York to make a seamless transition to Boston. But it was tough on him. He couldn't go out. I think he used the word 'hermit.' We know David doesn't like being a hermit. I think he'll need to go to his ranch and get away and think about that, how to deal with the hermit lifestyle.»

«He loves his [Red Sox] teammates and he really took a liking to the organization,»

«It doesn't matter how we got here, it only matters what we do the rest of the way. We're in position where if we play well this weekend, we're going to get in. If we don't, we probably don't deserve to.»

«Now is not the time to talk about it,»