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.

Quote by Leo Durocher

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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...

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...

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...

Winning is a habit.

Winning is a habit.

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Nice guys finish last.

Nice guys finish last.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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....

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

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