Quotes from Earl Weaver

A manager's job is simple. For one hundred sixty-two games you try not to screw up all that smart stuff your organization did last December.

No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.

Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.

If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.

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.

Momentum? Momentum is the next day's starting pitcher.

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.

The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.

People always make a lot about how I don't carry grudges. That's my religious upbringing. I went nine years without missing Sunday school. Lutheran. I can't live with hatred inside of me. That's what I learned. I ain't scared of dying, either.

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.

Bad ballplayers make good managers.

If you know how to cheat, start now.

I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife.