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Leo Durocher
July 27, 1906 - October 7, 1991
Nationality: American
Category: Athlete
Subcategory: American Athlete

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

   

Nice guys finish last.

   

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

   

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

   

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

   

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

   

Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.

   

What are we out at the park for, except to win?

   

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

   

You can't get any pictures from way back there.

   

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

   

Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.

   

Winning is a habit.

   

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

   

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

   

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

   

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

   

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

   

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

   

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

   

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