It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up.

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

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

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.

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