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

There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.

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

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.

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

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

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.