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

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

If you know how to cheat, start now.

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

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

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.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.