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This ain't a football game; we do this every day.

Earl Sidney Weaver
Baltimore Orioles
Manager
HOF 1996

Things have been bad enough; that's like pouring more fire on the gasoline.

When asked whether he was concerned the Detroit Tigers might lose more games than the 1962 Mets

August, 2003

George Lee "Sparky" Anderson
Detroit Tigers
Manager
HOF 2000

If anybody needs me, I'm in my room being embalmed.

When managing the 1962 New York Mets, after a long flight that delivered the team to their road hotel at dawn

Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 1966

There are a lot of good-looking young pitchers. But there's a real dilemma. The sooner you promote a young pitcher -- as soon as you do that, you run the risk of retarding his development, because pitching is an art. And you have got to practice that art to learn to understand it. That's why some guys don't get it as far as changing speeds until they're 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 years old. Sometimes the answer to a situation is to go softer, not harder. Most young guys have the (necessary) stuff. Their stuff gets hit, they lose confidence. Maybe they change how they throw. They get hurt. That's one reason so many young pitchers get hurt. They're not ready.

Anthony "Tony" LaRussa
St. Louis Cardinals
Manager
HOF 2014

I'm as nauseous as I've ever been. I have a terrible headache. My head is pounding. I feel like throwing up and I'm having trouble swallowing. And the beauty of it is, you want to feel like this every day.

During the NL Central Division title race with his team in contention

September, 1996
Anthony "Tony" LaRussa
St. Louis Cardinals
Manager
HOF 2014

I feel emptiness, and he probably won't be able to close his eyes for two or three days.

Speaking of Florida Marlins manager Jack McKeon after hugging him at the end of Game 6 of the 2003 World Series in which the wild-card Marlins beat the Yankees for the championship

October 25, 2003
Joseph Paul "Joe" Torre
New York Yankees
Manager
HOF 2014

If this is the best job in baseball, then why do you guys get gray hair and fat so quickly?

Prior to his first season as manager, the 40-year-old reacting to a couple of veteran managers who'd stated that managing was the best job in baseball

December, 2003
Oswaldo José "Ozzie" Guillen
Chicago White Sox
Manager

Ricky's an important guy, but it's not like Bagwell's hurt.

On Astros shortstop Ricky Gutierrez's broken thumb

Lawrence Edward "Larry" Dierker
Houston Astros
Manager

The game of baseball is made up of many little things. If we do all the little things right, then we'll never have a big thing to worry about.

Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Sr.
Baltimore Orioles
Manager

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.

Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog
St. Louis Cardinals
Manager
HOF 2010

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