For being book smart, I thought he (A. Barlett Giamatti) had a lot of street smarts, which is tough to find sometimes.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.

If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

We need three kinds of pitching: left-handed, right-handed and relief.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

I'd rather go fishing for three years.

We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

Once we are a creation, how much absurdity can there be in our heart without God the Creator.

To be human, is to be able to love the unlovable, and hope when things appear hopeless

We can't afford more top-down economics. What we need are policies that will grow and strengthen the middle class.

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.

When you're dealing with the world of dreams, the psyche, and potential of a human mind, there has to be emotional stakes. You have to deal with issues of memory and desire.

A person who is careless about money is careless about everything, and untrustworthy in everything.

However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening.

I advocate the use of force to rescue Terri Schiavo from being starved to death. I further advocate the killing of anyone who interferes with such rescue.

We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.

My parents split when I was 13. For a youngster, it's quite devastating. One minute you're all happy families, then everything changes.