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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
If you know how to cheat, start now.
I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.
This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.
I think there should be bad blood between all clubs.
Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.
Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game.
Momentum is only as good as tomorrow's starting pitcher.
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.
In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.
A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.
The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.
Do the dull things right so the extraordinary things will not be required too often.
I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.
I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.
I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
We're so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.
I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.
I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else.
There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.
Leadership can be defined in one word - honesty. You must be honest with the players and honest with yourself.
Bad ballplayers make good managers, not the other way around. All I can do is help them be as good as they are.
I don't think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.
Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
If you want to steal a base, steal a base. Don't make the hitter swing at a bad pitch trying to protect the runner.
I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
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.
There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.
A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.
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.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks.'
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.