Posted 01.31.15 "I
owe it to my health and mental
well-being to resign at this time,
and I am very sorry that there were
things written about (team owner)
George Steinbrenner. He did not
deserve them, nor did I say them.
George and I have had our
differences, and in most cases we
have been able to resolve them."
Billy Martin, at a 1978 press
conference marking his resignation
as New York Yankees manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.30.15
"The only thing I can do is
play baseball. I have to play ball.
It's the only thing I know." Mickey
Mantle, baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.29.15
"You gotta learn that if you
don't get it by midnight, chances
are you ain't gonna get it, and if
you do, it ain't worth it."
Casey Stengel, baseball
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.28.15
"Coaches are an integral part of any
manager's team, especially if they
are good pinochle players."
Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.27.15 "If
you ask me a question I don't know,
I'm not going to answer." Lawrence Peter
"Yogi" Berra, baseball
player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.26.15
"(Birdmans) hair looks like
Tweety Bird." Charles
Barkley, NBA player and
broadcaster, on the Mohawk haircut
of NBA player Chris Birdman
Andersen [Charles
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Posted 01.25.15
"I don't think so because I've
got the reputation for being
baseball's bad boy and I don't
deserve it. But I think I'd make a
good manager. For one thing, I know
how to handle men. That's the secret
of managing. For another, I know
enough about the game, not
fundamentals, but executing. I think
I could get the most out of players
with common sense and psychology.
I'm fiery enough that I'd have their
respect. Unfortunately, I don't
think I'll ever get the chance and
there's nothing in the world that
can change that." Billy
Martin, in the final year of his
career as a baseball player, on the
likelihood of landing a job as a
baseball manager. Martin went on to
manage several teams, including five
separate stints with the New York
Yankees [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.24.15
"It was all I lived for, to
play baseball." Mickey
Mantle, reflecting on his career
as a baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.23.15
"The trouble is not that
players have sex the night before a
game. It's that they stay out all
night looking for it."
Casey Stengel, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.22.15
"Bad ballplayers make good
managers, not the other way around.
All I can do is help them be as good
as they are." Earl Weaver,
baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.21.15
"We were overwhelming
underdogs." Lawrence Peter
"Yogi" Berra, baseball player,
coach and manager, on the 'Amazing
Mets' of 1969 [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.20.15
"Everything looks nicer when
you win. The girls are prettier. The
cigars taste better. The trees are
greener." Billy
Martin, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.19.15
"All I had was natural ability."
Mickey Mantle, on his career
as a baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.18.15
"Now there's three things you
can do in a baseball game: You can
win or you can lose or it can rain."
Casey Stengel, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.17.15
"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." Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.16.15
"The future ain't what it used
to be." Lawrence Peter "Yogi"
Berra, baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.15.15
"All I know is (as a New York
Yankees manager), I pass people on
the street these days, and they
don't know whether to say hello or
to say good-bye." Billy
Martin, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.14.15
"I guess you could say I'm what
this country is all about."
Mickey Mantle, baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.13.15
"Most people my age are dead at
the present time and you can look it
up." Casey Stengel, baseball
manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.12.15
"A manager's job is simple. For
one hundred sixty-two games you try
not to screw up all that smart stuff
your organization did last December."
Earl Weaver, baseball manager [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.11.15
"You can't think and hit at the same
time." Lawrence Peter "Yogi"
Berra, baseball player [Baseball
Quotes from Steve the Ump]
Posted 01.10.15
"All hockey players are bilingual;
they speak English and profanity."
Gordie Howe, NHL legend [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
Today]
Posted 01.09.15
Some pay to see me win, some pay to
see me lose, but they all pay."
Floyd Mayweather, boxer [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
Today]
Posted 01.08.15
"Hockey is a sport for white men.
Basketball is a sport for black men.
Golf is a sport for white men
dressed like black pimps."
Tiger Woods, golfer [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
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Posted 01.07.15
"Hair." Andy Roddick,
tennis player, after Andre Agassi
said, 'Let's see what you got, big
boy.' [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
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Posted 01.06.15
"I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and
No. 1 in the world. I don't care
about numbers right now."
Nicolas Massu, Chilean tennis
player, on his world ranking [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
Today]
Posted 01.05.15
"I'm in favor of it." Adam
McKay, NFL coach, on what he
thought of his team's execution [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
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Posted 01.04.15
"Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey
fights real?' I say, 'If they
weren't, I'd get in more of them.' "
Wayne Gretzky, hockey
player [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
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Posted 01.03.15
"The secret is to have eight great
players and four others who will
cheer like crazy." Jerry
Tarkanian, college basketball
coach [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
Today]
Posted 01.02.15 "I
never lost a game. I just ran out of
time." Michael Jordan, NBA
team owner and former player [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
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Posted 01.01.15
"They're the second best team in the
world, and there's no higher praise
than that." Kevin Keegan,
television analyst and former soccer
player [Best
Sports Quotes of All Time from USA
Today]