Dusty Baker Quotes

• Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.

  Dusty Baker

  Nobody Knows, Knows

  "Dusty Baker: What I've Learned" by Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

  Dusty Baker

  Opportunity, Happens

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

  Dusty Baker

  Strong, Hurt, Men

  "Swept away at home: Latos gives up slam, Reds' season ends with 6-4 loss to Giants in NLDS". www.foxnews.com. October 11, 2012.

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• You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

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  Uncles, Dad, Father

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• On-base percentage is great if you can score runs and do something with that on-base percentage. Clogging up the bases isn't that great to me. The problem we have to address more than anything is the home run problem.

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  Running, Home, Clogging Up

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• Managers are never 100 percent in control. You're at the mercy of the players. When you're a player, you're driving. I'm the navigator. I hardly ever think about driving anymore, unless there's two out in the bottom of the ninth.

  Dusty Baker

  Player, Thinking, Two

  "Dusty Baker: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

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  Daddy, People, Bob

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• It's like fishing -- you got to get that first one in the boat. Once you get that first one, the skunk is off the boat and everything's cool from then on. You've got to get that first one. Once he gets the first one, I know he'll be fine.

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  Fishing, Firsts, Boat

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• So I let them be responsible for there particular areas. Then by the time it gets to me that means that there is a problem. I have my eyes open and I need to know something about every department but you don't want to micro manage any particular department.

  Dusty Baker

  Sports, Mean, Eye

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• I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks and can't run, most of the time they're clogging up the bases for somebody who can run.

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  Running, Thinking, Clogging Up

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• I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.

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  Sports, Running, Winning

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• I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.

  Dusty Baker

  Guy, Doe

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• The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding and fun.

  Dusty Baker

  Baseball, Fun, Book

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• That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

  Dusty Baker

  Baseball, Matter

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

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  Summer, Sports, Race

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• The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.

  Dusty Baker

  Winning, Care, Ballgame

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• Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are.

  Dusty Baker

  Care, Payroll, Budgets

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• I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

  Dusty Baker

  Careers, Not Sure

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• I have a lot of interests.

  Dusty Baker

  Interest

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• Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

  Dusty Baker

  Sports, Past, Police

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• That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.

  Dusty Baker

  Reality, Two, Riding

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• I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

  Dusty Baker

  Mean, Games, League

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• I love my daughter, but she had me on couscous and fixed me pastas and made me eat oatmeal every morning. Turkey burgers, turkey bacon and that kind of stuff. She wants her dad to live a long time, and I do, too.

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  Daughter, Mother, Morning

  "Dusty Baker on S.F.: 'This is my home'". San Francisco Chronicle Interview, www.sfgate.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.

  Dusty Baker

  Baseball, Player, Consistency

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• You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.

  Dusty Baker

  Baseball, Hate, Two

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