The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

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

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.

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.

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.'

If you know how to cheat, start now.

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