Author: Sparky Anderson

Quotes

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

- Sparky Anderson

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

- Sparky Anderson

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

Good seasons start with good beginnings.

- Sparky Anderson

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

Me carrying a briefcase is like a hotdog wearing earrings.

- Sparky Anderson

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.

- Sparky Anderson

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

If I ever find a pitcher who has heat, a good curve, and a slider, I might seriously consider marrying him, or at least proposing.

- Sparky Anderson

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.

- Sparky Anderson

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

- Sparky Anderson

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults, but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

- Sparky Anderson

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