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.

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.

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

I walk into the clubhouse today and it's like walking into the Mayo Clinic. We have four doctors, three therapists and five trainers. Back when I broke in, we had one trainer who carried a bottle of rubbing alcohol, and by the 7th inning he'd already drunk it.

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

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

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you.