It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

Do your best and forget the consequences.

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some, too.

I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or how to place my infield or outfield to defend properly against the opposing hitter.

The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

Originality in literature is only a new coat of paint on an old house.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.

Religion will never show the way.

I know what I like; if you go to my closet, I have at least four of everything.

I have always liked sport and only played or run races for the fun of the thing.

Music has always played a big part in my life and, believe it or not, in my soap opera career.

If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again.

God's plan makes you sing about resurrection when your hanging on a cross.

I am always interested in working and fun things like health insurance.