Gene Mauch Quotes

• You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

  Gene Mauch

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

  Gene Mauch

  Inspirational, Managers

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• Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking

  Gene Mauch

  Motivational, Baseball, Slumps

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• You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.

  Gene Mauch

  Horse, Champion, Mind

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• The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.

  Gene Mauch

  Winning, Player, Want

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• He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.

  Gene Mauch

  Two, Guy, Mouths

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• He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.

  Gene Mauch

  Balls, Radio, Sandy

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• I have an amazing ability to forget.

  Gene Mauch

  Forget, Ability

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• He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

  Gene Mauch

  Jelly, Fame, Should

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• Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

  Gene Mauch

  Baseball, Malaria, Coming Back

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• The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!

  Gene Mauch

  Men, Umpires, Guy

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• Most one-run games are lost, not won.

  Gene Mauch

  Motivational, Baseball, Running

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• I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.

  Gene Mauch

  Player, Thinking, Games

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• Play him, fine him, and play him again.

  Gene Mauch

  Sports, Play, Psychology

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• There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.

  Gene Mauch

  Sports, Loss, Winning

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