You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

Well, the fella I got on there is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don't make it that other fella I got coming has shown me a lot, and if he can't I have my guy and I know what he can do. On the other hand, the guy's not around now. And, well, this guy may be able to do it against left-handers if my guy ain't strong enough. I know one of my guys is gonna do it.

I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

They got a lot of kids now whose uniforms are so tight, especially the pants, that they cannot bend over to pick up ground balls. And they don't want to bend over in television games because in that way there is no way their face can get on the camera.