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.

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

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.

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.