Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'

About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

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.