Nothing succeeds like - failure.

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.

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.

Everywhere I go, I feel strange.

When you say you're a padre, people ask when did you become a parent. When you say you're a cardinal, they tell you to work hard because the next step is pope. But when you say you're a Dodger, everybody knows you're in the Major Leagues.

Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.

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