Manager Quotes

“I don't mean to be funny.”

“Failure is just another opportunity to start over.”

“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.”

“Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.”

“I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.”

“You don't need Little League. You don't even need nine kids. Four is plenty-a pitcher, a batter, and a couple of shaggers. You can play ball all day long. My kids used to try to get me out there, but I'd just say, "Go play with your brothers." If kids want to do something, they'll do it. They don't need adults to do it for them.”

“In baseball, you don't know nothin'.”

“A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.”

“I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?”

“I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.”

“Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.”

“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.”

“We're lost, but we're making good time.”

“Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.”

“Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.”

“The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.”

“If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.”

“It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.”

“Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.”

“You gotta call a blacksmith.”

“Anybody who can't hear the difference between a ball hitting wood and a ball hitting concrete must be blind.”

“I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.”

“I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.”

“The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don't worry. You can't expect to get a hit every game.”

“I don't see how he lost five games during the season.”