This ain't a football game, we do this every day.

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

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.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.

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

Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry.