The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
This ain’t a football game, we do this every day.
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn’t going to win any more games by being anything else.
A manager’s job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.
The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won’t hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.
In baseball, you can’t kill the clock. You’ve got to give the other man his chance. That’s why this is the greatest game.
On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.’
Leadership can be defined in one word – honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.
No one’s gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.