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" It's easy to figure out whether you're getting stale. All you've got to do is look in the mirror and be honest with yourself. "

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" There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot of money, so it was mostly survival. You had more competition. "

" I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in. "

" Winning in Oakland in '89 was distinguished because that was truly a great team on a mission to prove that '88 was not what we represented. I look at that team in awe. It was a push-button team. "

" There are always distractions, if you allow them. "

" What you end up doing is you try to match your guy's strength against a place they can be successful. They're doing the same thing against us. Sometimes they have the edge, sometimes you have the edge. "

" You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs. "

" You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships. "

" Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you. "

" If you watch the history of baseball, teams come back, and sometimes they could have come back, but they give in or give up. "

" Losing sucks. I don't think most people understand how bad it feels. "

" 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. "

" If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth. "

" My wife and I, we started a foundation about companion animal rescue, but there's a group called Performing Animal Welfare Society just outside of Sacramento... and they offered me a job as an elephant keeper. "

" Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your values can get distorted. And the way you break through is, you just keep it personal and keep it simple and basic. "

" I was a lousy player with virtually no experience managing. "

" We're all men, not machines. We make mistakes. "

" You know, I think when you coach or you manage, you make decisions, and there's some that are really, really tough. "

" I'm not a big 'Moneyball' fan. "

" When you don't have the deepest pockets, you better have the best scouting and development. "

" Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life, generally. "

" If you try to give them a scheme, most hitters will rebel. "

" I think there's a growing number of pitchers who want to have a plan going into a game about how they're going to go after that lineup. I'd say 75 percent want to have an idea, and they plan their attack. I know that 75 percent of hitters do not have that same type of plan against a pitcher. "

" I have coaching friends, and when we get together, we often talk more about what we're doing to get players' attention than we do about the fascinating X's and O's of our sport. "

" I've said this: If Jim Leyland had been in my place, he'd have the 2,000 wins and I'd have 1,000. Leyland is the greatest. "

" I think the game is so mental. If you sit around and you're mentally strong, you're ready. "

" My mind is just a product of 50 years of being taught. I'm no smarter than anyone else, but I've been taught by some wonderful people. "

" I think the guys that get to the All-Star Game deserve a lot of credit. They deserve their opportunity to get out there and let the baseball fandom see them. "

" If you like to run and the guys can't run, you don't run. If you like power, and you have guys that can't hit it out of the park, then you start moving guys around. "

" I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have. "

" Clubs are taking away the steal of home. Not only are more pitchers throwing out of the stretch position, but more third basemen are playing closer to the bag. But another reason why nobody does it much anymore is that some guys, no matter how fast they are, just aren't comfortable trying to steal home. "