If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude, it will make a commitment to playing the game right. If it plays the game right, it will win-unless, of course, it doesn't have enough talent to win, and no manager can make goose-liver pate out of goose feathers, so why worry?

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.