We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

Sparky Anderson

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.

Fate only picks on the cowards and quitters, So give 'em both barrels - and aim for the eyes.

Fate only picks on the cowards and quitters, So give 'em both barrels - and aim for the eyes.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

I learned much more from defeat than I ever learned from winning.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.

When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.

Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

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.

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.

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.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.

Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.

Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

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

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

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.

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.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.