Sparky Anderson Quotes, Thoughts and image

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.

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

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.

Every 24 hours the world turns over on someone who was sitting on top of it.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

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

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.

No manager ever won no ballgames.

The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.

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

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

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.

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

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.

You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.

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.

The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to.

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

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

Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.

Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.