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I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.

Congratulstions on breaking my record. I always thought the record would stand until it was broken.

Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didn't hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.

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

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

Baseball will be back to Montreal, I want to see it. I want it to happen before I die. I will see it

Going into the past, I've always thought Mark Twain would be cool to hang out with for a little bit.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.

I don't know if it's good for baseball, but it sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto!

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

I can't very well tell my batters don't hit it to him. Wherever they hit it, he's there anyway (Mays).

My dad was actually my first mentor. Decent man, hard-working man, never missed a day of work plumber.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

Don't ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. That's on the top of my lineup card every night.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smoky Joe Wood.

. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .

Once someone gave me a picture and I wrote 'Do good in school.' I looked up and the guy was 78 years old

I think we're out on a limb right now, hanging over a cliff, and we're trying to find a way to get back.

I am into my routine and I believe in the following: exercise, adequate amount of sleep and a good diet.

I get up every morning, and walk down to the Starbucks, sip my coffee and do some business with my iPad.

With wine, you don't really have to know what you're talking about, you just have to know what you like.

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.

I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good positive attitude isn't something to shrug off.

Pardon me, Mr. Craig, but how are we going to defense Mr. McCovey... in the upper deck or the lower deck?

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

I had bad days on the field. But I didn't take them home with me. I left them in a bar along the way home.

I would love to say that I have an eighth-inning guy, a seventh-inning guy, a left-handed guy, a long guy.

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

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

I'll always be a member of the Rays in my heart, absolutely. Just like with the Angels. It's no different.

People who say spring training's too long, I absolutely disagree. I think it's the perfect length of time.

Mazzaro's is absolutely one of the finest shopping experiences anywhere and I wish I got there more often.

I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

When asked what would he do if he found $1 million, Yogi responded, If the guy was poor, I'd give it back.

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

If you walk backwards, you'll find out you can go forwards and people won't know if you're coming or going.

I really hope that you all understand that social media doesn't count at all. Twitter doesn't count at all.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.

The way we have been playing, I might tell my players not to cross the picket line (umpire strike of 1979).

Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.

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

He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

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