Quotes by Don Mattingly - Page 1

You never know who’s watching.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Knows
Smile Because
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What did I do to deserve this?
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Deserve
New York Yankees
Yankees
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I like being close to the bats.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
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His reputation preceded him before he got here.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
New York Yankees
Reputation
Yankees
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When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Notes
Sticks
Writing
Note
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I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Criticism
May
Thinking
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Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Guessing
Managers
People
Second Guessing
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I'd like to say this was our worst game. Unfortunately, I can't.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Unfortunately
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Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Future
Goes On
Knows
Nobody Knows
Nobody
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I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Manage
Right Now
Thinking
Want
Definitely
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I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Long
Manage
Moving
Wanted
Time Long Long Time
Direction
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If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Get Better
Ifs
Trying
Second-Guess
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Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Baseball
Games
Want
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On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Managers
Played
Side
Good Managers
Guys
Pretty Good
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I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Honored
Knows
Team
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We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Backseat
Decision
Drivers
Temptation
Work Out
Decisions
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Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Babe
Cartoon
Cartoon Character
Honestly
Indiana
One Time
Ruth
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I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Night
Sticks
Writing
Change Things
Note
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Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn't born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Baseball
Character
Mean
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Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Consistency
Spring
Training
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I can't concern myself with what's going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that's when you get yourself in trouble.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Attention
Media
Writing
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I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Atmosphere
Better Place
Guy
Relaxed
Want
Hitters
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The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
No Respect
Constantly
Dogged
Teams
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I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Games
Mistake
Years
Accountable
Questioned
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The players get no respect around here. They (the Yankees) give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Player
Team
Yankees
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Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Play
Powerful
Right Way
Team
Tone
Direction
Powerful Thing
Same Direction
Teams
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When I gave up me, I became more. I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game...And you know what?...I've found most people aren't team players. They don't realize that life is the only game in town. Someone should tell them. It has made all the difference in the world to me.
Don Mattingly / Baseball Coach
Games
Player
Team
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