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Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.
Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.
I get in so many tough spots when I demonstrate my feelings on certain things.
Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.
I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
I enjoy now doing what I do... playing golf, relaxing a little, enjoying life.
I loved to make a great defensive play, I'd rather do that than hit a home run.
I want more of an opportunity to do nothing, and I mean that in a positive way.
I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
I wish I could paint that picture. As a 20-year-old kid, that was a big thrill.
I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.
The hardest thing is to get started, but the really hardest thing is to finish.
If you get a guy that can play a couple positions, it helps you out a real lot.
I had no trouble communicating, the player's just didn't like what I had to say.
[Red Sox and Blue Jays] formula's been they have such durability in the bullpen.
I like courage, I like fearlessness, I like not being afraid of making mistakes.
He [Nomar Garciaparra] could go 0-for-10 in rehab and it wouldn't mean anything.
Baseball is my life, the only thing I know and can talk about. My only interest.
You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.
If there's one pitch you keep swinging at and keep missing, stop swinging at it.
How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name.
Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.
You start playing when it's cold and you want to be playing when it's cold again.
Anybody can write anything they want these days with social media, blogging, etc.
Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.
My wife accuses me - and she's probably right - that I'm sometimes oversensitive.
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.
I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six.
I was once asked what it takes to be a great manager...my response? Great players.
Take everything you can get over in center. The Dago's heel is hurting pretty bad.
You simply cannot make more (reefs), unless you have a few thousand years to wait.
When I was a kid, I used to play marbles. I know some of you think I've lost mine.
Five runs with two outs is tough to take. It sure took the air out of our balloon.
The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.
It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.
If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.
It's easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that's the hard part.
(Greg) Maddux is a master. He carved us up. He didn't give us anything good to hit.
If a stolen base is there based on a pitcher's time to the plate, then steal a bag.
My mom was a bit more excitable, but my dad was the most patient man I've ever met.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist.
Jerry Lumpe looks like the best hitter in the world until you put him in the lineup.