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.

I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.

A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.

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.

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.

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.