Earl Weaver

“On my tombstone just write, 'The Sorest Loser Who Ever Lived'.”

“I gave Mike Cuellar more chances than my first wife.”

“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.”

“Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.”

“A manager's job is to select the best players for what he wants done.”

“The only thing that matters is what you do from now on.”

“Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.”

“You win with good players. It is not rocket science.”

“Bad ballplayers make good managers.”

“I never got many questions about my managing. I tried to get my players to relax and be aggressive.”

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

“You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to score runs.”

“This ain't a football game. We do this every day.”

“I'm not going to be a popular manager. I'm going to be a winning manager.”

“No one's ever come up with a good reason why columnists are allowed to have opinions.”