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 destroy everything.

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

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

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.

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

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.

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

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

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

You have to have a short memory as a closer.

Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

To Love another unconditionally, is to make the ultimate sacrifice...

Your job is to abide in my pastureEating sweet grass and drinking pure water, And sharing both with others—That is a lamb’s business.

You know, when it was done originally, they always had to fight to keep it going at the end of each season. Now, The Odd Couple has become part of our language and culture.

I can stand out the war with any man.

At no time have I ever done anything that would betray the public trust.

I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.

No one can cross the boundary into another -- for the simple reason that no one can gain access to himself

In just the past century we have almost doubled the percentage of fat in our diets--from 20% in 1910 to about 35% today.

The Democrat Party, particularly with demographic shifts taking, would love to get rid of the Electoral College.