Leo Durocher Quotes

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
Leo Durocher

Baseball, Understand, Few

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.
Leo Durocher

Nice, Mother, Winning

Nice guys finish last.
Leo Durocher

Nice, Last, Guys

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

Game, Made, Two

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

Integrity, Yes, Eyesight

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

Money, Winning, Game

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

Sure, Rules, Break

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

Saying, Play, Goes

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

Power, Baseball, Run

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
Leo Durocher

Long, Chance, Beat

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.
Leo Durocher

Death, Game, Him

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

Give, Hungry, Diving

God watches over drunks and third baseman.
Leo Durocher

God, Third, Drunks

I come to win.
Leo Durocher

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.
Leo Durocher

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.
Leo Durocher

Mind, Days, Reading

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.
Leo Durocher

Star, Won, Nobody

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

Good, Loser, Idiot

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

Win, Except, Park

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

Long, Win, Away

Winning is a habit.
Leo Durocher

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
Leo Durocher

Nothing, Else, Argue

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

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

Rain, Tomorrow, May

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: July 27, 1905

Died: October 7, 1991

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