If I had been busted for drugs instead of gambling, I'd still be managing the Reds and baseball would be paying for my rehab.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

If you're not active - and I'm not active - and you don't watch what you eat, you can get big as a horse.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

Once you accept defeat, it becomes ease to lose. If defeat comes, face it and take it, but don't accept it.

Singles hitters drive Fords. Home-run hitters drive Cadillacs.