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

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" Bad ballplayers make good managers. "

" The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all. "

" 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. "

" Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up. "

" 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. "

" Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult. "

" The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road. "

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

" I think there should be bad blood between all clubs. "

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

" I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball. "

" 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. "

" You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July. "

" The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat. "

" Playing baseball is fun. If I could play, I'd never retire. But managing is work. It's constant decisions of whose feelings you want to hurt all the time. "

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