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.

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.

Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

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.

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.