Baseball Quotes by Dusty Baker

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

— Dusty Baker

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

— Dusty Baker

I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But…

— Dusty Baker

Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.

— Dusty Baker

I have a lot of interests.

— Dusty Baker

I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.

— Dusty Baker

The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.

— Dusty Baker

I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning. Turkey burgers, turkey…

— Dusty Baker

Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I…

— Dusty Baker

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a…

— Dusty Baker

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

— Dusty Baker

I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a…

— Dusty Baker

That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot…

— Dusty Baker

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

— Dusty Baker

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of…

— Dusty Baker