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

The man I marvel at is the one that's in there day after day, and night after night and still puts the figures on the board. I'm talking about Pete Rose, Stan Musial, the real stars. Believe me, especially the way we travel today, flying all night with a game the next night and then the next afternoon, if you can play one-hundred and sixty-two games, you're a man.

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

Pete Rose is baseball.

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

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.