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title: "1 League Difficult Quotes By Jim Leyland"
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> [Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/everyone-in-the-world-disagrees-with-me-including-some-managers-but-i/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

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## More by Jim Leyland

> [My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/my-eight-years-in-detroit-obviously-were-my-most-successful-years/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [Momentum is your next day's pitcher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/momentum-is-your-next-day-s-pitcher/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [You can definitely make them better. A couple of guys have gotten better already. You stay on top of them, you harp on it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/you-can-definitely-make-them-better-a-couple-of-guys-have-gotten/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if there's media around, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/i-learned-this-a-long-time-ago-if-you-call-a-guy-into-your-office-and/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/it-takes-time-to-get-the-whole-package-freshmen-can-t-be-seniors/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [Still. Smokers out there, you know what I'm talking about. That moment, after you've had a huge meal, say at Thanksgiving, when you step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/still-smokers-out-there-you-know-what-i-m-talking-about-that-moment/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/it-s-well-known-that-i-interviewed-with-philadelphia-last-winter-and/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/when-it-s-time-it-s-time-and-it-s-time/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/everyone-in-the-world-disagrees-with-me-including-some-managers-but-i/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/we-need-to-have-preparation-to-win-a-disciplined-team-will-win-more/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/if-anybody-says-they-get-used-to-it-you-don-t/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/barry-bonds-was-like-joe-namath-or-muhammad-ali-he-could-make-a/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [I've managed 25 years, and I can probably count on one hand players that I didn't really care for, and that's probably thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/i-ve-managed-25-years-and-i-can-probably-count-on-one-hand-players/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/i-m-second-in-doubles-double-vodkas-double-scotches/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

> [I met five presidents. I had dinner with a president of the United States in the White House. I played golf with a president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-leyland/i-met-five-presidents-i-had-dinner-with-a-president-of-the-united/)

[Jim Leyland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-leyland/)

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