Baseball Quote by Sparky Anderson

“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.” quote by Sparky Anderson — Download Open image

“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.”

Sparky Anderson

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Baseball Frame of mind Management Mind Psychology Simple Success

More by Sparky Anderson

He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park,…

Sparky Anderson

Image

The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over.

Sparky Anderson

Image

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…

Sparky Anderson

Image

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

Sparky Anderson

Image

I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with…

Sparky Anderson

Image

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

Sparky Anderson

Image

This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made…

Sparky Anderson

Image

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

Sparky Anderson

Image

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

Sparky Anderson

Image

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Sparky Anderson

Image

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a…

Sparky Anderson

Image

Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

Sparky Anderson

Image

Explore all 56 Sparky Anderson quotes

More Baseball quotes

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to…

Gaylord Perry

Image

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

Sammy Sosa

Image

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did. To be…

Pee Wee Reese

Image

Spring training means flowers, people coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.

Ernie Banks

Image

Pitchers pitch differently. Hitters, hardly anyone has the same stance. That's just how it is.

Ryan Zimmerman

Image

Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some…

Mookie Betts

Image

I don't want the electronic strike zone. I like the element of sometimes pitches don't get called. Guys don't receive it well or whatever…

Kyle Schwarber

Image

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which…

Adam DeVine

Image

If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH to the National League.

George Brett

Image

In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just…

Vin Scully

Image

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy…

Harry Caray

Image

When I step into the batters box. The fans, the noise, the cheers, they all disappear. For that moment, the world is just a…

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Image

Browse all 4,177 Baseball quotes

Baseball Quote by Sparky Anderson

Related quotes

More by Sparky Anderson

More Baseball quotes