Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good.

There's no one who's dropped on top of the mountain. You've got to work your way to the top.

I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.