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

Quote by Leo Durocher

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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.

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading....

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading....

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

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

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even...

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even...

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.

Winning is a habit.

Winning is a habit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

I come to win.

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

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

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

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

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

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.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

God watches over drunks and third baseman.