I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.

There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of communism. Say 'Padres' and they look around for a priest.

Managing is like holding a dove in your hand. Squeeze too hard and you kill it; not hard enough and it flies away.

I've been Catholic all my life, and there's one thing I've never understood. Why didn't the Corinthians write back?

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