Players Have Two Things To Do. Play

Baseball Is A Simple Game. If You Have Good Players, And You Keep Them In The Right Frame Of Mind, The Manager Is A Success. The Players Make The Manager. It's Never The Other Way. Managing Is Not Running, Hitting, Or Stealing. Managing Is Getting Your Players To Put Out One Hundred Percent Year After Year. A Player Does Not Have To Like A Manager And He Does Not Have To Respect A Manager. All He Has To Do Is Obey The Rules. Talent Is One Thing. Being Able To Go From Spring To October Is Another. You Just Got Caught In A Position Where You Have No Position.

People Who Live In The Past Generally Are Afraid To Compete In The Present. I've Got My Faults, But Living In The Past Is Not One Of Them. There's No Future In It.

Chris Pittaro Is The Best Rookie I've Had In 15 Years.

I Managed 26 Years And Found Out When I Retired I Didn't Own The Game. I Thought I Owned It When I Was Managing All Those Years. You Can Climb To The Top Of The Mountain, Get Down On Your Knees And Kiss The Ground, Because You'll Never Own That Mountain. That Mountain Is Only Owned By One Single Person, And He'll Never Give It Up. That's The Way Baseball Is.

No Manager Ever Won No Ballgames.