The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give... Win or lose the game is finished. It's over. It's time to forget and prepare for the next one.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

No manager ever won no ballgames.

Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.

Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.