Earl Weaver

“There are only three outs an inning, and they should be treasured. Give one away, and you're making everything harder for yourself.”

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

“Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.”

“I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.”

“A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.”

“I used to be a pretty good hit-and-run man when I played in the minors. I handled the bat well and could hit the ball to the right side of the infield. Nevertheless, I know that you often gi...”

“A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don't know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me.”

“On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'”

“What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn't hit, he doesn't run, he doesn't throw, and he doesn't catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and...”

“The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won't hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game.”