When I Was 15 Years Old, I

You Can Have The Best Team In Baseball, And If Nobody Goes Through The Turnstiles, You've Got To Shut The Doors Down.

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.”

When You Say You're A Padre, People Ask When Did You Become A Parent. When You Say You're A Cardinal, They Tell You To Work Hard Because The Next Step Is Pope. But When You Say You're A Dodger, Everybody Knows You're In The Major Leagues.

When You're Not Playing Up To Your Capability, You Gotta Try Everything, To Motivate, To Get Them Going. All Of Them Have To Be On The Same End Of The Rope To Pull Together. It's Playing For The Name On The Front Of The Shirt, Not The Back. Individualism Gets You Trophies And Plaques. Play For The Front, That Wins Championships. I Try To Remind Them Of That.

I've Never Used One Word Of Profanity In Front Of My Wife, Or My Daughter, Or My Granddaughter Or Anybody Else's Wife.