All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.

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

They call me eccentric. They used to call me nuts. I haven't changed. The only difference between being eccentric and being nuts is the number of security boxes you own.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

A team should be an extension of a coach's personality. My teams are arrogant and obnoxious.

I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated.

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.