Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on.

Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough . . . I lack patience. I probably got on guys a little too hard, with the wrong tone of voice.

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

At least when it's in French, I won't know what the heck they're saying.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.