The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

Son, we'd like to keep you around this season but we're going to try and win a pennant.

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

I broke in with four hits, and the writers promptly declared they had seen the new Ty Cobb. It took me only a few days to correct that impression.