What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.

You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms.

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.