Sparky Anderson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.”
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“People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.”
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“Every 24 hours the world turns over on someone who was sitting on top of it.”
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“Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players, and you keep them in the right frame of mind, the manager is a success. The players make the manager. It's never the other way. Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year. A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules. Talent is one thing. Being able to go from spring to October is another. You just got caught in a position where you have no position.”
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“Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.”
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“I cannot get rid of the hurt from losing, but after the last out of every loss, I must accept that there will be a tomorrow. In fact, it's more than there'll be a tomorrow, it's that I want there to be a tomorrow. That's the big difference, I want tomorrow to come.”
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“A baseball manager is a necessary evil.”
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“They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.”
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“If a team is in a positive frame of mind, it will have a good attitude. If it has a good attitude, it will make a commitment to playing the game right. If it plays the game right, it will win-unless, of course, it doesn't have enough talent to win, and no manager can make goose-liver pate out of goose feathers, so why worry?”
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“Good seasons start with good beginnings.”
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“Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.”
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“Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.”
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“If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.”
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“I've changed my mind about it (DH) - instead of being bad, it stinks.”
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“The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give... Win or lose the game is finished. It's over. It's time to forget and prepare for the next one.”
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“I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box.”
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“Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.”
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“Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.”
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“You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.”
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“I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.”
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“If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.”
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“Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.”
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“He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.”
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“My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.”
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“I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.”
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“Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.”
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“The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.”
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“I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?”
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