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.

Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

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.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

Breaks like a ball falling off a pool table.