Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out.

I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of my children, but I don't think that's asking too much.

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.