The worst team in baseball's history won only 55 games. The best team ever won 110 out of 160, so you're virtually guaranteed to win 1/3 of the time and lose 1/3 of the time. The difference is the 1/3 in the middle. You don't know what bucket the game you're playing falls into, so if you're smart, you'll fight like everything for all of them.

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

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.

Everybody wants to win, but everybody doesn't win.

I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.

People say you can't go out and eat with your players. I say why not.

Listen, if you start worrying about the people in the stands, before too long you're up in the stands with them.