This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Every 24 hours the world turns over on someone who was sitting on top of it.

The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

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.

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.