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

Quote by Leo Durocher

Topics: Winning Quotes

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

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

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...

Winning is a habit.

Winning is a habit.

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.

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...

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

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?

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death, old captain, it is time, let us raise anchor!

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Death is only a launching into the region of the strange Untried; it is but...

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange...

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange...