The only thing I believe is this: 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.

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The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them...

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them...

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you...

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a...

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a...

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a...

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a...

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants...

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants...

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He...

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He...

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and...

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and...

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and...

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and...

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them...

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them...

If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment...

If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment...

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the...

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the...

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch...

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help...

Although it's difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant. instead of...

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant. instead of...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...