Gene Mauch Quotations

You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

Most one-run games are lost, not won.

The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

Uh, Gene, I'm going to go get myself a Pepsi while you mull that one over.

If it's true that you learn from adversity, then I must be the toughest SOB in the world,

I get so keyed up during these games. All I did for 50 years was study the game day and night. And I will forever, for however long 'forever' is.

I get so keyed up during these games,

They're stealing the money right out of your pockets, ... October, 1964.

For a few weeks after that, every morning when I woke up, I felt it in my stomach, ... Like a hot dagger in my belly button.

Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking

The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

I have an amazing ability to forget.

He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

The first guy who lays a hand on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!