95 Quotes by Earl Weaver

Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake.

There was nothing to keep him (Cal Ripken, Jr.) from being a star in the Major Leagues. That was inevitable.

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson.

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, but before the ball is hit.

Economics played a role. Raleighs have gone from six fifty to nine dollars a carton, but there's a three-quarter cent coupon on the back. You can get all kinds of things with them, blenders, everything. I saved up enough one time and got Al Bumbry.

I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get twenty-five guys who didn't ask questions.

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.

Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.