And luck? I've always said about Dizzy Dean that if the roof fell in and Diz was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried in the debris and a gumdrop would drop into his mouth.

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

When you're in professional sports, winning is the only thing that matters.

What are we out at the park for except to win?

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.