A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
If I were on the field, I'd want the manager sticking up for me. Sometimes players are dead wrong, ranting and raving, but you stick up for them. They appreciate that.
Pitchers really don't deal with the managers a whole lot. When we come in the clubhouse, we see him, we say, 'Hey.' That's really it.
The players make the manager, it's never the other way.
In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.
The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.
I think every manager is different in their own way.
If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.
Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.
I might be too emotional to be a manager. You love your players, don't you? And I'm not sure I could leave them out. I know how it feels.