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 him before a game.

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.

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.

If you’re not scared every day, you’re not pushing hard enough.

Fashion is ephemeral, dangerous and unfair.

The Duke of Dunstable had one-way pockets. He would walk ten miles in the snow to chisel an orphan out of tuppence.

Nothing gives a sensation better than a beer! Nothing builds a relation better than a beer!

This moment is history.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

The only kind of seafood I trust is the fish stick, a totally featureless fish that doesn't have eyeballs or fins.

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.

Do good when you can, and charge when you think they will stand it.

You can write songs about your comic books and the girl or boy you sort of know and your mom and dad and it's all right there in front of you.