Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.

You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.

Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.

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.

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

The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.