Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself..

No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March..

I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else..

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers..

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score..

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..

Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often..

The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit..

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..

Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get….

Team speed for Christ's sake. You got bleeping' bleep bleep little fleas on the bleeping' bases getting picked off, trying to steal, getting thrown o….

I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions..

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents..

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose..

I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded..

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife..

The Chinese tell time by 'The Year of the Horse' or 'The Year of the Dragon.' I tell time by 'The Year of the Back' and 'The Year of the Elbow.' This….

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

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'.

We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow..

On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'.