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.

Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.

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

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

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

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

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