Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.

It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.

Individual grievances and pet peeves have got to go by the wayside. Generally, you don't have to worry about the guys who are playing every day, it's the guys who are sitting on the bench that are the ones that get needles in their pants.