696 Quotes by Dusty Baker

Everyone in town and the whole team knows what's at stake.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

You're playing against guys who are younger than you, so you can set them up. You get to a certain point in your career and you almost know what's coming. You learn to trust your feelings. Hank Aaron told me you don't become a great player until you learn to trust your feelings.

We've got to do what we can until the big boys get back with our starting pitching. Hopefully, we'll do better when we get home.

Roger knows how to pitch and he definitely knows how to win,

His main thing is he's trying so hard he's not swinging at strikes. They're not getting him out, he's getting himself out. I've talked to him about it. When they come in the zone, he's not far from it. It's like fishing. You got to get that first one in the boat, everything is cool after that.

He looks pretty good. He said he doesn't feel anything, but we still have to kind of be cautious today and tomorrow. ... He might be ready on Wednesday.

With only five extra men, you try to save them in case you get back in the game.

Ordinarily, they'd be in charge of catching kids their age and the young guys. Now they're on the fast learning curve. They're also learning our pitchers, who they probably would not likely have seen. They're also learning the other hitters in this league. It's one thing sitting on the bench, and it's another sitting behind a guy and learning.