“If we’re going to win the pennant, we’ve got to start thinking we’re not as good as we think we are.”

Never make predictions, especially about the future.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

Everybody line up alphabetically according to your height.

I was not successful as a ball player, as it was a game of skill.

Don’t cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.

The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn’t argue with one. I’d put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

You gotta lose ’em some of the time. When you do, lose ’em right.

Son, we’d like to keep you around this season but we’re going to try and win a pennant.

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven’t made up their minds.

Don’t drink in the hotel bar, that’s where I do my drinking.

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.

There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.

It’s no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, ‘Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.’ By then, pigs will be your style.

I’m lucky enough to lead a very active life, so I’m always on the go.

Wonder. Go on and wonder.

The primary motive for good care and good use of the land-community is always going to be affection, which is too often lacking.

Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.

Am I going to get my warts removed? I might do, but I’m certainly not going to auction them on the Internet.

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.