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

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.

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.

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

God has a will for your city, country, neighboring countries, and the whole world

It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.

Audacity more audacity always audacity.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

I've always been me. I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.

Look at all the magazines: There's always 10 ways to be better at something.

If you become obsessive in spiritual practice, if you just try and try, you are not going to be happy. You are going to be obsessive.

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

Creating a really believable world is just insanely hard