Reggie Jackson: "A manager sets the tone. The best example of that, from what I've seen, was Joe Torre with the Ynakess.
He had a calmness about himself that permeated that team. We had a lot of high-profile personnel there... Joe's even temperament created a low-key atmosphere in that clubhouse - a controlled atmosphere, where no one got out of kilter, no one was too big for his britches. It was about the team.
Torre's personality rubbed off on that ball club, in a good way. A team reflects that calmness in qualities like confidence and poise."
Bob Gibson: "A bad manager can affect a team more than a good manager. Good managers know when they have a good ball club, and they let good ballplayers play. The don't overmanage. A bad manager wants to be in control at all times. It's impossible to maintain a really good team when one man controls every thought."
- from the book "Sixty Feet, Six Inches."
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