79 Quotes by Sparky Anderson

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.

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

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?

I had Kirby Puckett in '88 in Japan. Kirby, I'll never forget, I asked him one day, 'Do you ever shut up?' and he said, 'No,' and I said, 'Well, keep talking.' He loved to talk.

We are the only two that ever talked all the way through batting practice. That is unheard of.

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

You'd think he knew everybody. He made everybody feel like somebody.

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.

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