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People make light of my optimistic outlook, such as, if I were captain of the Titanic, I would tell my passengers we were stopping for ice.

After yet another losing season

Charles William "Chuck" Tanner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Manager

We've got more MRIs than RBIs on this team.

On his team's nagging injuries during the 2000 season

Jack McKeon
Cincinnati Reds
Manager

In St. Paul, they'd throw pacifiers on a string over our dugout. Last year in Winnipeg, fans would dangle dead fish over the roof. It's a good thing that some people hate me, because it takes the pressure off my players...(But) I don't like getting heckled. I especially don't like people who yell, "Hey, Simunic! You sober?" That's out of bounds.

Having no reservations about his reputation around the league as a crybaby and a jerk

Doug Simunic
Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Manager
Northern League

They're like sharks. You give them a taste of blood, they come after you.

On playing the Yankees

Johnny Lane Oates
Texas Rangers
Manager

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

Reminiscing on his early days with the Braves and hitting a home run off of Whitey Ford during a spring training game and seeing Mickey Mantle watch it go over the fence

In 2000 on Whitey Ford Day
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torre
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 2014

I've been released five times, I'm bald, and I have a big nose. I'll make it through this.

On getting booed in Philadelphia

Terry Jon Francona
Philadelphia Phillies
Manager

I don't sit there and watch the clock. If you'll notice, I never wear a watch on the field. That's what's great about baseball: there's no time limit. You can be 25,000 runs behind, but you can keep hitting.

After the Rangers hosted the Indians in a game that was completed in 4:21, one minute short of the MLB mark for a nine-inning game (Texas 14, Cleveland 7)

August 31, 2000
Johnny Lane Oates
Texas Rangers
Manager

I'm going to Radio Shack to buy one of those headsets like the broadcasters use. It seems as soon as you put them on, you get 100 times smarter.

Nick Leyva
Philadelphia Phillies
Manager

This is bigger than the World Series. It's bigger than major-league baseball. We're representing the entire United States. When we won the World Series, Dodger fans were happy, but the Giants fans weren't. If we win here, the whole country will be happy for us.

Speaking as manager of the 2000 Olympic baseball team

September 2000
Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda
Los Angeles Dodgers
Manager
HOF 1997

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

At age 72 when asked by Mickey Mantle if he had ever played ball

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

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