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Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.
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You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.
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I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.
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My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.
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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.
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Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.
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It's a terrible thing to have to tell your fans, who have waited like Detroit's have, that their team won't win it this year. But it's better than lying to them.
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The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.
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Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.
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They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.
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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.
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The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.
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Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.
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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.
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