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"Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough."

"Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!"

"Don't believe that winning is really everything. It's more important to stand for something. If you don't stand for something, what do you win?"

"Those who have learned to behave as winners always end up winners."

"I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning."
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"The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through."


"Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights."


"The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else."


"You sweat out the free agent thing in November then you make the trades in December. Then you struggle to sign the guys left in January and in February I get down to sewing all the new numbers on the uniforms."


"The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years."
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