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.

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

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

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

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

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.

I have an amazing ability to forget.