Quotes from Leo Durocher

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.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brusher her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third.

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

Nice guys finish last.

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.