I should have shut up when I went up there and talked to Carlton Fisk.

I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

I admitted I bet on baseball, but I wasn't suspended from baseball for betting on baseball.

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 was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.

People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim Raines or hit with power like Mike Schmidt. Who can? I make up for it in other ways, by putting out a little bit more. That's my theory, to go through life hustling. In the big leagues, hustle usually means being in the right place at the right time. It means backing up a base. It means backing up your teammate. It means taking that headfirst slide. It means doing everything you can do to win a baseball game.

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