--- title: "1 Billy Martin Quotes By Jim Bouton" description: "1 Billy Martin quotes by Jim Bouton. Plus more from Jim Bouton and more Billy Martin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/jim-bouton-21172_look-up_lots-of-people-look-up-to-billy-martin-t_1359601.jpg" --- > [Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. That's because he just knocked them down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/lots-of-people-look-up-to-billy-martin-that-s-because-he-just-knocked/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/jim-bouton-21172_look-up_lots-of-people-look-up-to-billy-martin-t_1359601.jpg) ## More by Jim Bouton > [“I’m not sure I’m going to like Don Mincher. I keep hearing that big southern accent of his. It’s prejudice, I know, but every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/i-m-not-sure-i-m-going-to-like-don-mincher-i-keep-hearing-that-big/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [“Don’t ever think $7,000 isn’t a lot of money in baseball. I’ve had huge arguments over a lot less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/don-t-ever-think-7-000-isn-t-a-lot-of-money-in-baseball-i-ve-had-huge/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/you-spend-a-good-deal-of-your-life-gripping-a-baseball-and-it-turns/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [“A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/a-ballplayer-spends-a-good-piece-of-his-life-gripping-a-baseball-and/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/how-come-nobody-wants-to-argue-with-me-is-it-because-i-m-always-so/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/back-then-if-you-had-a-sore-arm-the-only-people-concerned-were-you/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/it-never-hurts-to-apologize-especially-if-you-don-t-mean-it/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/baseball-players-are-smarter-than-football-players-how-often-do-you/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/statistics-are-about-as-interesting-as-first-base-coaches/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [“Before the first workout, Joe Schultz, the manager (he’s out of the old school, I think, because he looks like he’s out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/before-the-first-workout-joe-schultz-the-manager-he-s-out-of-the-old/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [“Sheldon Kopp, the author and psychologist, wrote, “There are no great men. If you have a hero, look again: you have diminished yourself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/sheldon-kopp-the-author-and-psychologist-wrote-there-are-no-great-men/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/after-i-won-21-games-i-said-this-isn-t-that-hard-actually-i-can-do/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [“Doubleday’s First Law, which states that if you throw a fastball with insufficient speed, someone will smack it out of the park with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/doubleday-s-first-law-which-states-that-if-you-throw-a-fastball-with/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [For a hundred years, the owners screwed the players. For 25 years, the players have screwed the owners-they've got 75 years to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/for-a-hundred-years-the-owners-screwed-the-players-for-25-years-the/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) > [We were like farm animals compared to today's players who are treated like thoroughbreds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-bouton/we-were-like-farm-animals-compared-to-today-s-players-who-are-treated/) [Jim Bouton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-bouton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/billy-martin/jim-bouton/#itemlist", "name": "1 Billy Martin Quotes By Jim Bouton", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lots of people look up to Billy Martin. 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