The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball.

I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

Baseball is a game of inches.

He's the best prospect I've ever seen.

These are uncertain times. We cannot be content to rest on yesterday's laurels. These are times when we must strengthen rather than let down those standards which have stood in such good stead in crises that are past. Baseball cannot be selfish, or irresponsible, or lax. Neither can the men who operate it.

He (Leo Durocher) had the ability of taking a bad situation and making it immediately worse.