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.

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.

Most one-run games are lost, not won.

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

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.