October: that's when they pay off for playing ball.

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

I'll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you.

I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money.

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

People think I hate Billy Martin. I don't. I hate some of the things he did. And I will say I don't understand him. Billy Martin is not an intellectual, but there is a cunningness to him that is something to behold.

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.