I Wasn't Quite Sure How A Player

When You Say You're A Padre, People Ask When Did You Become A Parent. When You Say You're A Cardinal, They Tell You To Work Hard Because The Next Step Is Pope. But When You Say You're A Dodger, Everybody Knows You're In The Major Leagues.

A Second-guesser Is One Who Doesn't Know Anything About The First Guess, And He's One Who Needs 2 Guesses To Get One Right.

No Matter How Good You Are, You're Going To Lose One-third Of Your Games. No Matter How Bad You Are You're Going To Win One-third Of Your Games. It's The Other Third That Makes The Difference.

Ernie Banks Was A Great Great Player And When He No Longer Could Play, He Became A Great Ambassador For The Game. He Represented The Game With The Highest Of Class And Dignity. Everybody Loved Ernie Banks. He Enjoyed Baseball, Life And People. Our Thoughts And Prayers Go Out To His Family. We Have Truly Lost A Baseball Giant.

When I Was Interviewed After I Got Hired To Replace Walter Alston, A Future Hall Of Famer, I Was Asked: “don’t You Feel Pressure On You?” I Said: “want To Know Something, I’m Worried About The Guy Who’s Going To Have To Replace Me.”