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.

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

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.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

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.