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" 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. "

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" A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero. "

" I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you? "

" When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet. "

" A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy. "

" The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit. "

" The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. "

" Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher. "

" People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either. "

" On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.' "

" I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play. "

" This ain't a football game, we do this every day. "

" Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players. "

" There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself. "

" No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March. "

" Pitching keeps you in the games. Home runs win the game. "

" I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers. "

" I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. "

" I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings. "

" I think the National League has better biorhythms in July. "

" I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else. "

" In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs. "

" Bad ballplayers make good managers. "

" Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good. "

" The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles. "

" The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart. "