People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager anyway? When he's out on the field arguing with the umpires, making a fool of himself and you know you can't win, and when he brings out the line-up card.

No. 1, these guys out here on this field. They keep my energy level up. They try hard, they don't complain about things - and I'd just like to be with them when things are good, and hopefully we can win a pennant together.

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

On the football field, you're still going out to there to win. And if you're not going out there to win, what are you going out there for?

You don't have to be popular with the players to be a good manager or coach.

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.