It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them. |
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year. |
Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings. |
My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work. |
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. |
Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut. |
Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut. |
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. |
The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia. |
The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to. |
The only thing I believe is this: 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. |
The only thing I believe is this: 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. |
The players make the manager, it's never the other way. |
The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. |
They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real. |