Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players, and you keep them in the right frame of mind, the manager is a success. The players make the manager. It's never the other way. Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after 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. Talent is one thing. Being able to go from spring to October is another. You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

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.

No manager ever won no ballgames.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

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.

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

Good seasons start with good beginnings.