Sparky Anderson Quotes (34 Quotes)

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

Why not give that guy a shot He and Bobby are the only two that could.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

He can. He's 60 years old. He's in very good shape as far as we all know, and in very good health.

It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.

I understand people who boo us. It's like going to Broadway show, you pay for your tickets and expect to be entertained. When you're not, you have a right to complain.

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

No manager ever won no ballgames.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.

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.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

I've been to the Hall many times, and I have seen this exhibit, but I still get a kick out of it every time. I still don't understand how someone like me could come out of South Dakota and end up with these great men. These men are baseball.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

They're loyal Royal all the way. But, they're not tough fans, a player does not have to worry about being insulted there.

If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment of baseball, I'm going to throw-up.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.

The only thing I believe is this: 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.

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.