A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero.

A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.

A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.