• "People are in our ears throughout, because we're bouncing from state to state, or different calls. And I consider myself, and Martha is the same way, as kind of a conductor: I'm getting people to where they need to go. Hopefully we're first. But we want to be right, and do it in a way that's watchable."

Bret's Game Day tradition: "I go for a run in the morning ... I just go down to Central Park and do a couple miles. I make a swing by St. Patrick's Cathedral — that has been my ritual for the last four Election Days."

• "I just go in, light a candle, say a couple prayers and have a little quiet time. I think that that's key on those big nights. I did that in every city that I had a debate or a big night. It's more meditation than it is anything else."

"Then have a good lunch and then get ready to bear down for what could be a long night."

• In 2016, Baier was in the chair 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.  Tomorrow's coverage is scheduled to go through at least 1 a.m., "but we'll kind of play it by ear."
• "There's a chance that some of these races are not going to be wrapped up that night, and we expect to be on the set for a long time."

What we'll know Wednesday morning: "If some of these key races — and I'm talking governors' races — go to Democrats, we will know whether it's easier or harder for Donald Trump to run the same kind of map in 2020."

• "If Florida goes Democrat, so does that machine. And, as you know, Florida is central in a lot of places, in a lot of elections."

Yesterday: CNN's Dana Bash ... Tomorrow: MSNBC's Steve Kornacki.