The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.
A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.
I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.
A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.
