Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.

No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

The Chinese tell time by 'The Year of the Horse' or 'The Year of the Dragon.' I tell time by 'The Year of the Back' and 'The Year of the Elbow.' This year it's 'The Year of the Ulnar Nerve.' Someone once asked me if I had any physical incapacities of my own. 'Sure I do,' I said. 'One big one - Jim Palmer.'

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'

I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'