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Leo Durocher
American
Athlete
About the author
Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
You can't get any pictures from way back there.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Saying
#Play
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#Power
What are we out at the park for, except to win?
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
God watches over drunks and third baseman.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#God
Nice guys finish last.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Nothing
#Umpire
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#May
#Rain
#Tomorrow
Winning is a habit.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Habit
#Winning
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.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Reading
#Mind
#Umpire
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.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Day
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Integrity
#Umpire
I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Mother
#Winning
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Effort
#Rules
I come to win.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Play
#Money
#College
#Winning
Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
Leo Durocher,
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.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Death
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Baseball
#Church
As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Chance
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?
Leo Durocher,
American
Athlete
#Rules