Sparky's Quotes
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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, including Yellowstone.
— Sparky Anderson
He's (Jose Canseco) built like a Greek goddess.
— Sparky Anderson
I don't know why the players make such a big fuss about sitting in the first class section of the plane. Does that mean they'll get there faster?
— Sparky Anderson
I've changed my mind about it (DH) - instead of being bad, it stinks.
— Sparky Anderson
Chris Pittaro is the best rookie I've had in 15 years.
— Sparky Anderson
We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.
— 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.
— Sparky Anderson
Mike Laga will make you forget about every power hitter that ever lived.
— Sparky Anderson
The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over.
— Sparky Anderson
Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.
— Sparky Anderson
A baseball manager is a necessary evil.
— Sparky Anderson
Our pitching could be better than I think it will be.
— Sparky Anderson
No manager ever won no ballgames.
— Sparky Anderson
Pete (Rose) doesn't run with celebrities and he can't stand the phonies. His big buddy in LA ain't Sinatra, it's a funny old groundskeeper.
— Sparky Anderson
Good seasons start with good beginnings.
— Sparky Anderson
Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.
— Sparky Anderson
Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.
— Sparky Anderson
Inner peace is not found in things like baseball and world championships. As long as I feel I've done the best job I possibly could, I'm satisfied.
— Sparky Anderson
As the late baseball manager Sparky Anderson put it: Losing hurts twice as bad as winning feels good.
— L. Jon Wertheim
I'm beginning to see Brooks [Robinson] in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first.
— Sparky Anderson
If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.
— Sparky Anderson
You give us the pitching some of these clubs have and no one could touch us, but God has a way of not arranging that, because it's not as much fun.
— Sparky Anderson
I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box.
— Sparky Anderson
Sparky Lyle threw me a slider, and it wound up in the seats. We won, and it was a memorable moment.
— Richie Allen
If you have to choose between power and speed and it often turns out you have to make that choice, you've got to go for speed.
— Sparky Anderson
Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.
— Sparky Anderson
Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.
— Sparky Anderson
Sparky Lyle went from Cy Young to Sayonara.
— Graig Nettles
My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.
— Sparky Anderson
The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.
— Sparky Anderson
The players make the manager, it's never the other way.
— Sparky Anderson
Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.
— Sparky Anderson
Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.
— Sparky Anderson
You're gonna lose some ball games and you're gonna win some ball games and that's about it.
— Sparky Anderson
Sparky Anderson wasn't just my favorite manager ... he was my mom's favorite manager.
— Tucker Elliot
You can be whoever you want to be, you just have to want it bad enough.
— Sparky Anderson
Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.
— Sparky Anderson
Pete Rose is baseball.
— Sparky Anderson