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

The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.

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

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.'

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

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

I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.