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.

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

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

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

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

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

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