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Leo Durocher quotes: I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

I've never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

Leo Durocher quotes: Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

Branch Rickey once said of me that I was a man with an infinite capacity for immediately making a bad thing worse.

Leo Durocher quotes: Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.

Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.

Leo Durocher quotes: Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

Leo Durocher quotes: Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.

Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.

Leo Durocher quotes: It is decidedly not true that 'nice guys finish last'.

It is decidedly not true that 'nice guys finish last'.

Leo Durocher quotes: To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!

To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a "support group". Salvation in a can!

Leo Durocher quotes: You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

Leo Durocher quotes: It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

It's possible to spend money anywhere in the world if you put your mind to it, something I proved conclusively by running up huge debts in Cincinnati.

Leo Durocher quotes: Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.

Show me a good sportsman and I'll show you a player I'm looking to trade.

Leo Durocher quotes: As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

Leo Durocher quotes: If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

Leo Durocher quotes: This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.

This guy don't come to the ballpark to beat you. He comes to beat you bad. This (Jackie) Robinson, he plays a ton.

Leo Durocher quotes: Winning is a habit.

Winning is a habit.

Leo Durocher quotes: How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

Leo Durocher quotes: What are we out at the park for, except to win?

What are we out at the park for, except to win?

Leo Durocher quotes: I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

Leo Durocher quotes: Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

Five runs ahead and he'd knock in all the runs I could ask for. One run behind and he was going to kill me.

Leo Durocher quotes: There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's (MacPhail) case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity, and in Larry's (MacPhail) case it was sometimes so thin you could see him drifting back and forth.

Leo Durocher quotes: Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.

Leo Durocher quotes: Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

Leo Durocher quotes: You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

Leo Durocher quotes: I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

Leo Durocher quotes: There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.

There is only one way to pitch to Musial - under the plate.

Leo Durocher quotes: There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

Leo Durocher quotes: Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.

Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.

Leo Durocher quotes: Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

Leo Durocher quotes: Luck? If the roof fell in and Diz (Dean) was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.

Luck? If the roof fell in and Diz (Dean) was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.

Leo Durocher quotes: God takes care of drunks and third basemen

God takes care of drunks and third basemen

Leo Durocher quotes: Kid, show me a man who doesn't go down on his wife and I'll show you a man whose wife I can sleep with, tonight.

Kid, show me a man who doesn't go down on his wife and I'll show you a man whose wife I can sleep with, tonight.

Leo Durocher quotes: In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

Leo Durocher quotes: God watches over drunks and third baseman.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

Leo Durocher quotes: You can't get any pictures from way back there.

You can't get any pictures from way back there.