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

Casey (Stengel) knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

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

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.