Quotes from Earl Weaver

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.

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

This ain't a football game, we do this every day.

Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.

A winning player is nothing more than a player on a winning team. A losing player is a guy who played on a losing team that year.

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 he selects which one he'll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games.

I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

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

You must remember that anyone under 30 - especially a ballplayer - is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn't mean you're grown up.

I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.

Every time I fail to smoke a cigarette between innings, the opposition will score.

I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.

There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.

Don't worry, the fans don't start booing until July.

The worst thing about being on the road is all you want to do when you get home is to stay home, but as soon as you get back, all the wife wants to do is go out because she's been stuck home all the time you've been stuck on the road.

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

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job. I don't welcome any challenge. I'd rather have nine guys named Robinson.

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 give the opposition an out on the hit-and-run play.

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

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