Earl Weaver

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself. ”

I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. ”

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game. ”

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. ”

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year. ”

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers. ”

When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet. ”

A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero. ”

Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult. ”

A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team. ”