Team speed for Christ's sake. You got bleeping' bleep bleep little fleas on the bleeping' bases getting picked off, trying to steal, getting thrown out, taking runs away from you. You get some big bleep bleepers that can hit the bleeping ball out of ballpark and you can't make any bleep bleeping mistakes.

Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.

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

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.