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

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

Baseball is like driving, it's the one who gets home safely that counts.

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

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.

My son wasn't gay. No way.

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.”