My best and worst boss was the same man - my father. He never - and I mean never - took 'I can't' for an answer. He taught me the value system that, to this day, I have continued to practice.

I don't think that anybody should be suspended for life for anything, other than murder. How is it helping someone to say, 'You're done forever, your life's over'?

Winning was everything. I don’t care what they tell you.

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

I guess heaven needed a shortstop.

Why would you want to stay manager and be second-guessed by me when you can come up into the front-office and be one of the second-guessers?

I won't be active in the day-to-day operations of the ball club at all.