70 Quotes by Leo Durocher

There are only five things you can do in baseball – run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

Ballplayers are a superstitious breed, nobody more than I, and while you are winning you’d murder anybody who tried to change your sweatshirt, let alone your uniform.

Show me a good sportsman and I’ll show you a player I’m looking to trade.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That’s rule number one.

There is only one way to pitch to Musial – under the plate.

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.

It’s possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

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.

Five runs ahead and he’d knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.