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.'

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

I've never used one word of profanity in front of my wife, or my daughter, or my granddaughter or anybody else's wife.

Ernie Banks was a great great player and when he no longer could play, he became a great ambassador for the game. He represented the game with the highest of class and dignity. Everybody loved Ernie Banks. He enjoyed baseball, life and people. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. We have truly lost a baseball giant.

Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils

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

I've got a portrait in the Smithsonian. Who ever thought that would happen?