Sometimes, you get too hopped up, too excited, and it works against you.

My wife tells me one day, 'I think you love baseball more than me.' I say, 'Well, I guess that's true, but hey, I love you more than football and hockey.'

Nothing succeeds like - failure.

All last year we tried to teach him (Fernando Valenzuela) English, and the only word he learned was million.

One time I was doing a speech to a group of kids, and just before I get there, I see this little kid crying. I found out they just lost a game, and he was the losing pitcher. I went over there, put my arm around him, and said, 'What are you crying for? When major league players lose, they don't cry.'

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away.

A second-guesser is one who doesn't know anything about the first guess, and he's one who needs 2 guesses to get one right.