95 Quotes by Earl Weaver

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.

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

I don’t think, in all the years I managed them, I ever spoke more than thirty words to Frank and Brooks Robinson.

My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like ‘C’mon Boog,’ ‘Get a hold of one, Frank,’ or ‘Let’s go, Brooks.’

Coaches are an integral part of any manager’s team, especially if they are good pinochle players.

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.

We’re so bad right now that for us back-to-back home runs means one today and another one tomorrow.

People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.

When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.