I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

...in my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

Winning is a lot of fun. I remember having a meeting a couple years ago and telling the guys: 'You're not enjoying yourselves.' O'Neill said to me afterwards, 'Skip, it's not fun unless you win.'