Leo Durocher Quotes

United States, Baseball Player
July 27, 1905 – October, 7, 1991.

Leo Ernest Durocher (July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed Leo the Lip and Lippy, was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history.

Also known as Baseball Manager, Basketball Coach

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.

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Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

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- Good

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.

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- Game
- Death
- Player
I come to win.

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

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- May
- Rain
I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

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

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

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- Power
- Baseball

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

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- Money
- Game
- College
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

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- Integrity
Winning is a habit.

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

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

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- Believe
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

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- Church
- Baseball

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

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- Long
Nice guys finish last.

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- Nice
Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

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- Star
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

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

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

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

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God watches over drunks and third baseman.

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

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

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