A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

I've changed my mind about it (DH) - instead of being bad, it stinks.

Am I a great manager? Huh. I was blessed to have a front office that found great talent, and then I was smart enough to stay the hell out of their way.

I'm beginning to see Brooks [Robinson] in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.