Whitey Herzog Quotes

I always knew I could make it in baseball.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

I have a good understanding that baseball is not the most important thing in the world, but at the same time you want to get a hit.

There's a lot of variables you can't control in trying to win a game, but at the end of the day it does mean something to win a game in the big leagues and be on the mound.

Talent is what wins games.

I played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing.

Baseball wasn't easy for me.

I grew up playing sports. There is a clear line between success and failure.

When you see grown men near to tears because they've missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.

A coach told my mum I had talent and I would make a very good skater.

I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

It's all stealing bases and winning games. If not, go home.

I have often wondered why I was never captain of the Lakers.

When you play well, when you perform, you have to show every game that you are that good.

To play meaningful games and try and win a division, a pennant, a World Series, that's what it's all about. That's the thing I'm most proud of.

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

It's important to go out on the pitch and make a fantastic performance.

Football is one of the main things I can look back on with pride.

It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'

All my hard work is to win ballgames.

I had to make baseball work. I threw myself into it.

Obviously, I want to be an All-Star.