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Leo Durocher

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What are we out at the park for, except to win?
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What are we out at the park for, except to win?
Winning is a habit.
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Winning is a habit.
Nice guys finish last.
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Nice guys finish last.
I come to win.
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I come to win.
Today a pitcher gets fined if the umpire thinks he threw at a batter. 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.
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Today a pitcher gets fined if the umpire thinks he threw at a batter. 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.
Kid, show me a man who doesn’t go down on his wife and I’ll show you a man whose wife I can sleep with, tonight.
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Kid, show me a man who doesn’t go down on his wife and I’ll show you a man whose wife I can sleep with, tonight.
If you don’t win, you’re going to be fired. If you do win, you’ve only put off the day you’re going to be fired.
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If you don’t win, you’re going to be fired. If you do win, you’ve only put off the day you’re going to be fired.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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