There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

It's really hard juggling, trying to carve out a time to have a family and be a mom and have a career, especially a creative career.

I'm definitely a serial entrepreneur and a serial snacker. And when it comes to snacks, I'm more of a salty snacker, though I've been known to have a craving for sweets from time to time.

My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.

My career path is like crazy paving - it goes all over the place.