If You Have To Choose

Managing Is Not Running, Hitting, Or Stealing. Managing Is Getting Your Players To Put Out One Hundred Percent Year After Year.

I Managed 26 Years And Found Out When I Retired I Didn't Own The Game. I Thought I Owned It When I Was Managing All Those Years. You Can Climb To The Top Of The Mountain, Get Down On Your Knees And Kiss The Ground, Because You'll Never Own That Mountain. That Mountain Is Only Owned By One Single Person, And He'll Never Give It Up. That's The Way Baseball Is.

A Player Does Not Have To Like A Manager And He Does Not Have To Respect A Manager. All He Has To Do Is Obey The Rules.

I Understand People Who Boo Us. It's Like Going To Broadway Show, You Pay For Your Tickets And Expect To Be Entertained. When You're Not, You Have A Right To Complain.

People Who Live In The Past Generally Are Afraid To Compete In The Present. I've Got My Faults, But Living In The Past Is Not One Of Them. There's No Future In It.