The Trick Is To Realize

Baseball Is A Simple Game. If You Have Good Players, And You Keep Them In The Right Frame Of Mind, The Manager Is A Success. The Players Make The Manager. It's Never The Other Way. Managing Is Not Running, Hitting, Or Stealing. Managing Is Getting Your Players To Put Out One Hundred Percent Year After Year. 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. Talent Is One Thing. Being Able To Go From Spring To October Is Another. You Just Got Caught In A Position Where You Have No Position.

Just Give Me 25 Guys On The Last Year Of Their Contracts; I'll Win A Pennant Every Year.

Pete (rose) Doesn't Run With Celebrities And He Can't Stand The Phonies. His Big Buddy In La Ain't Sinatra, It's A Funny Old Groundskeeper.

I Don't Believe A Manager Ever Won A Pennant. Casey Stengel Won All Those Pennants With The Yankees. How Many Did He Win With The Boston Braves And Mets?

The Trick Is To Realize That After Giving Your Best, There's Nothing More To Give... Win Or Lose The Game Is Finished. It's Over. It's Time To Forget And Prepare For The Next One.