Sparky Anderson Quotes

When I came home, my kids wouldn't know if I went 0-for-4 or 4-for-4. I do not like to lose at anything, but I wouldn't be angry all day... Once I left the stadium, it was over with.

With my mom, when someone was gone, they were gone. She didn't waste another minute thinking about them, and neither should you.

Life and love would go on. Even though it would happen without me, the idea brought me joy.

Life must go on; I forget just why.

You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

I'm quite detached from failure and success. Once a shooting is done, I kind of close that chapter in my life.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

Finally there was a moment when it just hit me. John wouldn't want me to sit on my butt for the rest of my life feeling sorry for myself or sorry for him. As cheesy as it sounds, he would have wanted us to go on.

You have to prepare to quit, and this is what I did. I prepared to quit, so on the day that came when I had to walk away from the game, I walked away and didn't look back.

When things don't go your way, you brush it aside and carry on. Don't take what you have for granted. Enjoy what you have.

Failures happen. You can't cry over them. You just take it in your stride because you know that you have done your best... Sometimes, even the best is not enough.

If I win, great, and I'll move on, and that's my goal, obviously, is to win. If I do lose, I have to accept it, and I have to get back out there, train hard, and just move on. It's not the end of the world.

If I miss a shot, make a turnover - move on to the next play, don't compound the mistake by getting down.

Guys lose. You learn from it and move on.

You give your all to the task and hopefully that's enough but sometimes things get taken out of your hands and one way or another you have to accept it and get on with it and focus on the task at hand.

I'm competitive and I don't want to get out, but it's not the end of the world.

Not that I don't care about winning or I don't care about doing well, but I have to care less about the things that happen that are outside of my control.

If I learned anything in this life, I've learned that you can't cling on.

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.

What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!

I’m not sentimental about anything. Life flows by, and you flow with it or you don’t. Move on and move out.

When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.

Seek not that the things which happen should happen as you wish; but wish the things which happen to be as they are, and you will have a tranquil flow of life.