JOHN MCGRAW

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

(Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.

The main idea is to win.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

Cobb would have to play center field on my all time team. But where would that put Speaker? In left. If I had them both, I would certainly play them that way.

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.

I think we can win it if my brain holds out.

No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

(Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.

He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

If I had to pick the greatest team player in baseball today-and I have some of the greats on my own club-I would have to pick Pie Traynor.

The main idea is to win.

The main thing is to win.