àSparky Anderson on Baseball-Reference.com
“A baseball manager is a necessary evil.”
"…A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules."
"I cannot get rid of the hurt from losing, but after the last out of every loss, I must accept that there will be a tomorrow. In fact, it's more than there'll be a tomorrow, it's that I want there to be a tomorrow. That's the big difference, I want tomorrow to come."
“It's really a dream house. When you stop and think who you're in there with, it's so scary it's unbelievable.”
—On the National Baseball Hall of Fame
“Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.”
"People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it."
“Players have two things to do: play and keep their mouths shut.”
"The man I marvel at is the one that's in there day after day, and night after night and still puts the figures on the board. I'm talking about Pete Rose, Stan Musial, the real stars. Believe me, especially the way we travel today, flying all night with a game the next night and then the next afternoon, if you can play one-hundred and sixty-two games, you're a man."
"This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that."
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