If You Love Your Job, You Haven't

You Have Got To Love What You're Doing. No Matter What It Is. Whatever You Undertake In Life, If You Don't Love It, And You Don't Enjoy It, You Are Making A Big Mistake. You Have Got To Love What You Are Doing. You Have To Appreciate What You Are Getting, And You Have To Do It To The Best Of Your Ability.

I Started In The Lowest League In Baseball, And I Worked My Way All The Way Up To Triple A And Then To The Big Leagues. I Never Reached The Level That I Thought I Would Reach As A Player. But That's The Way It Goes. So Then I Started From The Bottom As A Manager, And I Worked My Way Up To Managing The Dodgers For 20 Years.

I've Been Able To Dine With Presidents, With Leaders Of Corporations, Traveled For 14 Years With (financier And Philanthropist) Michael Milken, Who Has Taught Me So Much About Life. Hanging Around With Them, It's Nothing I Could Have Believed In Grade School. I Could Be With All Of Them? Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Dean Martin ... This Former Third-string Pitcher From The Norristown High Baseball Team And The Son Of An Italian Immigrant? I Really Am In Awe When I Think That Has Happened To Me. What A Life.

I Was Glad To See Italy Win. All The Guys On The Team Were Italians.

It Is A Great Honor To Be Inducted Into The Pacific Coast League Hall Of Fame. When You Honor Me With This Distinction, You Really Honor The Players Who Put Me There. All Of The Honors I Receive Became A Reality Only Through The Contributions Of My Players. In Addition To Myself, You Also Honor My Family And The Dodger Organization. I Accept This Recognition With Pride And Gratitude.