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Baseball
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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
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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
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I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
-Leo Durocher
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It was Brooklyn against the world. They were not only complete fanatics, but they knew baseball like the fans of no other city. It was exciting to play there. It was a treat. I walked into that crummy, flyblown park as Brooklyn manager for nine years, and every time I entered, my pulse quickened and my spirits soared.
-Leo Durocher
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There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power.
-Leo Durocher
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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.
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Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
-Leo Durocher
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You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow, it may rain.
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Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
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Competition
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I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?
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Loss
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Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
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Books by and about Leo Durocher