Surround yourself with amazingly intelligent men and women. The people I work with not only are smarter than I am, possessing both intellectual and emotional intelligence, but also share my determination to succeed. I will not make an important decision without them.
I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.
Winning means everything...You show me a good loser and I'll show a loser.
I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.
Breathing first, winning next.
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.