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You can talk about Phil Jackson for years when he was with the Lakers and the Bulls, I used to read a lot of his stuff.
I've always kind of stayed free of coaching because I really want to stay out of coaches' way so they can do their job.
Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because you either loved them or you hated them.
A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.
Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.
Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.
If I were catching blindfolded, I'd always know when it was Foxx who connected. He hit the ball harder than anyone else.
If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.
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.
Obviously Javy [Baez] is able to control his emotions, he plays it as it should be, it's a game. That's how he plays it.
When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.
You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that.
I think part of being a good leader is listening skills, and I think a big part of leadership is the ability to delegate.
Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.
'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.
There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in.
In my own case I have frequently faced the pitcher when I had no desire whatever to hit. I wanted to get a base on balls.
I'd rather him (Grover Alexander) pitch a crucial game for me drunk, then anyone I've ever known sober. He was that good.
Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way.
You have to be able to play through the tough moments by doing something offensively, and we haven't been able to do that.
If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field.
It's much more fun to be involved, much more fun to be under the scrutiny, much more fun to be second-guessed than to not.
As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.
When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, 'Four. I don't think I can eat eight.'
You gotta learn that if you don't get it by midnight, chances are you ain't gonna get it, and if you do, it ain't worth it.
Baseball is very big at the present time. This makes me think baseball will live longer than Casey Stengel or anybody else.
Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and I'm used to it.
After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.
The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.
All I do is write their names on the lineup card and let them play. It’s not a tough job. I haven’t misspelled one name yet.
That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.
When we lost, I couldn't sleep at night. When we win, I can't sleep at night. But, when you win, you wake up feeling better.
I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.
There was some discussion, but nothing got close to being a reality. They asked for a lot and got a lot (from the White Sox).
There are some pretty darn good bottles of wine for $50. I think I can tell that from a bottle of wine that costs $15 or $20.
In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.
The best advice I was given if that if you want to succeed and you want to achieve, you have to learn how to handle failures.
I lost the good stuff on my fastball. I had to come up with something to keep me in the league. The knuckler rescued me then.
I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
Johnny Sain don't say much, but that don't matter much, because when you're out there on the mound, you got nobody to talk to.
At the end of the day, it's all about the players. We can talk methodology or analytics, but it's about the guys on the field.
If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
This new baseball is like a golf ball. I think there are going to be a lot more dents put in the wall at Fenway Park this year.
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.
I'm hoping to be recognized in Europe, because that would truly indicate that the Tampa Bay Rays have arrived on the continent.
Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.
Every entrepreneur deals with fears of failure. However, the truly successful know how to face these fears and keep on working.