The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.

I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.

When I was interviewed after I got hired to replace Walter Alston, a future Hall of Famer, I was asked: “Don’t you feel pressure on you?” I said: “Want to know something, I’m worried about the guy who’s going to have to replace me.”

When I took the job as the manager of the Olympic team, I didn't take it because I was a Dodger. I did it because I was an American, and I wanted to bring that gold medal where it belongs in baseball, the United States. And that's exactly what our team did.

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

When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.

You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back.