I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be.

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

From 1973 to 1982 I ate the exact same lunch everyday . Turkey chili in a bowl made out of bread . Bread bowl George. First you eat the chili then you eat the bowl . There's nothing more satisfying than looking down after lunch and seeing nothing but a table.

I hate to lose. Hate, hate, hate to lose.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next.

It was the class and dignity which he led his life that made him part of all of us. I will forever treasure the close friendship we shared over the years.