I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.

I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.

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.

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson.

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.

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