I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code.

He (Darryl Strawberry) is not a dog; a dog is loyal and runs after balls.

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.”

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army.

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