On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'

Bad ballplayers make good managers.

People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.

Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.