Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is ….

You have to have a short memory as a closer..

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull..

Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough . . . I lack patience….

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have that instant's hesitation ….

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 wit….

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an aw….

I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say..

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or brushback pitch. T….

The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you….

I don't see anyone playing in the major leagues today (1982) who combines both the talent and the intensity that I had. I always tried to do the best….

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades..

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be..

I don't see why you reporters keep confusing Brooks (Robinson) and me. Can't you see that we wear different numbers..

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing..

No, I don't think my presence will cause an increase in black attendance at Cleveland. People come out to see the players. When do you see a manager ….

I have heard of managers who encourage players not to slide hard for fear they will get hurt and be lost from the lineup for a time. That is why you ….

I expect that [trying to do the best] of my players today and of my kids. My wife says I shouldn't expect that of my children, but I don't think that….

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..

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me..

There's absolutely no way you can go barreling into second and dump a guy on a double play, like you should do, when you've been fraternizing with hi….