The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks (Robinson) and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers.

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.

Without passion everything lame in this life.

A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice.

If it’s that jerk, he’s going to see my gun. ‘My body is a weapon.’ Dumb sh*t. I bet my gun can take out his body really damn quick.

It didn't matter what I wore, or how much sleep I'd had or not had, he always looked at me as if his world began and ended with me.

We all have life-defining moments. They are like open-book tests, but we don't know we have been examined until it is over.

If death turned out to be a lack of being rather than a lack of consciousness, well, then, that sucked.

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

There is one element that is worth its weight in gold and that is LOYALTY. It will cover a multitude of weaknesses.

The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.

I am not moved by what I see. I am moved only by what I believe.