Quotes About Responsibility

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

If you're playing baseball and thinking about managing, you're crazy. You'd be better off thinking about being an owner.

For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

For sure I would be a very emotional captain. A very hands-on captain.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

I'd be cheating everyone here, the staff and rest of my teammates, if I wasn't able to stay on top of my work. It was almost like therapy, to come back and get in an environment I'm comfortable with.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he has the right to expect the best that I can do for him and the team!

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

The pessimistic coach complains about the play. The optimistic coach expects it to change. The realistic coach adjusts what he can control.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

Not that money is a driving force. It's an honor to play for your country.

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

No, I'm not coaching. It's a huge responsibility to coach somebody.

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens.

I ain't gonna be no escape-goat!

I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

In volleyball there are many reasons for errors but not a single excuse.