My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.
From Pete Rose
Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got hustle. Those are God-given talents, too.
Sometimes, when you don't have spark, someone in the dugout has to create something.
A team will take on its manager's personality. If it's a laid back manager, you'll have a laid back personality. The players will see that if it's OK for the Manager to be laid back, then you'll have a laid back team.
Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.
Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball.
I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.
No matter how many times you say you're sorry, somebody is not going to hear you.
If somebody is gracious enough to give me a second chance, I won't need a third.
Back in 1960 at Christmas time, I did work loading and unloading boxcars for Railway Express. That was a kind of weight training that helped me. I weighed about 160 when I started. I began to gain weight and kept right on gaining until I reached 195 pounds.
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