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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.

Pitchers make adjustments, and it's up to the hitters to readjust and sort of tweak what they do.

I believe anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner.

We've beat up our umpires. They're now allowed to be human.

I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

When you've been in the game as long as I have, you know the managers you've played for, the good ones and the bad ones. Even the good ones get fired.

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

I've seen that picture before. It was a two-seamer that didn't sink until it hit the upper deck somewhere.

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

That's the sign of a good relationship, when you can pick up a phone and it doesn't matter when the last time you spoke was.

I think that I have a sensitivity toward people, and that is a strength.

There's only one New York.

Golf is the only game I know where you call a foul on yourself.

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.

Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me.

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.

I think there's more of opportunity to win games in the National League than the American League because there are more decisions to make.

Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.

Don't be afraid to fail, encourage your talent, and use your heart. And never be unprepared

It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.

I'm not very complicated.

Major league baseball is about the history of the game. Baseball history is so important. It's so much more than money.

I am deeply saddened and shocked at the loss of umpire Wally Bell.

Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.

By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.

Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

You look at a guy who's being brave. He's afraid, or he wouldn't be brave. If he isn't afraid, he's stupid.

In baseball, you're always moving people around.

My 12 years in New York were very, very special, the fans were very special, and it's something I will take with me wherever I go and into retirement.

In my book success and winning are not always the same thing. To me, success is playing - or working - to the best of your ability.

Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.

I think that winning creates chemistry, as opposed to other way around. I've been on a lot of friendly teams that couldn't win, trust me.

I've been very, very fortunate. I never had to work for a living.

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

I'm a very private person, and I don't want to share stuff with anyone.

I know in the heat of battle, it's hard not to get angry, especially in the 19th inning.

I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

People are proud of their players.

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

Watching other teams in the World Series is like watching somebody else eat a Hot Fudge Sundae.

Sometimes they say the world rotates a little different for lefthanders.

You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

It's huge. You win the first game of the series, you want to win the series.

'Million Dollar Arm' touches on many of the Safe At Home Foundation's core values, such as children, teamwork and family.

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

Respect is the word I want. You have to earn it. You give, and you get it in return, that's how I see it.

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

You have to fix something when it first appears.

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because ... you either loved them or you hated them.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

I just don't like to dwell on stuff.

If I intimidate people, that's not my intention.

Tommy (Lasorda) will eat anything, as long as you pay for it.

There is no worse emotion than fear.

It's all about makeup.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

Umpires sometimes have a quick trigger.

If you do the best you can, you never have to look back.

You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.

I don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.

We all have different ways to do things.

When we lost, I couldn't sleep at night. When we win, I can't sleep at night. But, when you win, you wake up feeling better.

Getting fired is what happens to a manager sooner or later.

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

That's what I'd like to think that my reputation is - being honest.

It's not easy to just say you don't want to do something any more.

It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.

Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.

It's something you hope doesn't happen. When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

When I was a player and hit into a double play, I felt as if I was letting everyone down.

You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.

Baseball is a game of life. It's not perfect, but it feels like it is,

You know, Mike Milken, the money that he has raised for cancer research has been remarkable.

I felt there was a lot of love in my house. And my mom was, you know, the basis of all that.

St. Louis has always been special to me.

TV is not accurate.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

I've enjoyed my time in the American League, the fans of Southern California and other friendships.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.

Unless you have bad times, you can't appreciate the good times.

Boomer is ... Boomer. That pretty much tells you all you need to know

Chicago is a pretty good town.

The second you think you've arrived, someone passes you. You have to always be in pursuit.

My father wasn't the best role model to me.