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If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

I knew I'd never make it back to the major leagues as a player. Lee MacPhail came to me and asked if I wanted to manage the Yankees' Fort Lauderdale club. I thought about it for a day or two and decided to take the job. That was the turning point. I knew it was what I wanted to do.

I'm mad at Hank Aaron for deciding to play one more season. I threw him his last home run and thought I'd be remembered forever. Now, I'll have to throw him another.

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

All I ever wanted to be was president of the American League.

I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.

When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager.