Quotes from Sparky Anderson

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

We're the best team in baseball. But not by much.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.