Whenever I decided to release a guy, I always had his room searched first for a gun. You couldn't take any chances with some of them birds.

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

I love signing autographs. I'll sign anything but veal cutlets. My ballpoint slips on veal cutlets.