I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?

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.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.