Whitey Herzog Quotes

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

When I became the manager of the New York Yankees, it was an opportunity to realize my lifelong dream of winning the World Series. We were fortunate enough to succeed in our first season in 1996, and in the years that followed, we wrote some great new chapters in Yankee history.

We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

I'm not thinking about records. Just winning the pennant would be exciting.

I want that second World Series ring. I want to win again.

We want to win a World Series for Detroit. That's our goal.

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.

At the end of the day, the most important goal is to get to the World Series and to win the World Series.

We've got to win a championship and bring a World Series trophy back to Chicago.

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.

I'd rather win a pennant than an Academy Award.

My goals for next year are to win a national title first and foremost.

I managed Dal Maxvill, and he's now our general manager. I managed Bob Gibson. He's a broadcaster. Tim McCarver. Bill White. Nellie Briles. He used to be a broadcaster. I tried to count them up one time.

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.

Anybody who's ever had the privilege of seeing me play knows that I am the greatest pitcher in the world.

There will be a time when everyone on the team is going to contribute to winning a pennant.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of Toronto, and all the provinces in Canada, everybody reached out and they were excited because we won the first World Series ever, across the border.

Don't believe those tales you hear about my being all-in. Wait until you see me in action for your team and then form your opinion of my worth to your team. I assure you that I am delighted to be a Pirate and that I will do my best to bring another pennant to the Smoky City.

Winning the World Series, winning the MVP, you feel like you have everything.

I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.

Winning the World Series is really all that we play this game for.

Beating a guy like Bader, that's a big thing.