Most one-run games are lost, not won.

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking

I have an amazing ability to forget.

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.