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

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.

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with him before a game.

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

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

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.