I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.
If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic.
I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.
Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.
A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.
One time in spring training, we had the hit-and-run on, and Carl Erskine threw me a curve and I struck out into a double play. I came back to the bench and Casey [Stengel] said, 'next time, tra-la-la. ' I didn't know what tra-la-la meant, but next time up, I hit a line drive, right into a double play. When I sat down, Casey came over and said, 'Like I told you, tra-la-la. '
In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.
The sun is the most important thing in everybody's life, whether you're a plant, an animal or a fish, and we take it for granted.
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.
I'm gonna still play some dates, but I'm not gonna do anything near like I did it before.