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.

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.

It's still the best game in town because you don't have to be big to play, and everybody plays. Even your grandmother probably played baseball.

I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.'

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

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

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.