Bobby Valentine

I invented the wrap sandwich in 1981

A couple of the really school reporters up there decided that they'd get their friends at the Wall Street Journal to do a national search to find out who had a wrap sandwich on the menu before 1981. And guess what? They couldn't find anyone. And they said I invented the wrap.

The Houston Astros weren't just banging on garbage cans—they were using NASA technology

If the Astros got this technology from NASA that was going to steal these signs and relay them to the dugout on internet wifi... believe me guys, they wouldn't be banging on a garbage drum and give the hitter signal. It had to be very high-tech guys.

I should have stayed at ESPN instead of taking the Red Sox manager job in 2012.

I would've stayed at ESPN. They were ready to give me a multi-year contract and I was loving the job.

Being a manager and getting ejected from a game is theatrical work.

It's all theatrical work there... you didn't want to waste their [the players'] time if it wasn't a good act. So you had to have your stuff together.

I saw a UFO above Shea Stadium and another over the Colorado River

I saw a UFO once... I believe you. I saw one during a press conference. Yeah, and we stopped at Chase [Shea] Stadium. Everyone looked, everyone pointed. I said to the press, 'Did you see that?'... I think there's stuff up there.