Leo Durocher quotes

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Leo Durocher Quotes
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Quotes From Leo Durocher
"As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it." Source: Nice Guys Finish Last (Leo Durocher, 06/09/1975)

"Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death."

"Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you." Source: Nice Guys Finish Last (Leo Durocher, 06/09/1975)

"God watches over drunks and third basemen."

"How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters." Source: Nice Guys Finish Last (Leo Durocher, 06/09/1975)

"I come to win." Source: How the Weather Was (Roger Kahn, 1973)

"I don't care if the guy (Jackie Robinson) is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a god-damn zebra. I'm the manager of this team and I say he plays."

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." Source: Widely Attributed

"If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired."

"I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules."

"I'm wearing the same socks, shirt and underwear, too!" Source: Widely Attributed (Used during winning streaks)

"I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes." Source: Nice Guys Finish Last (Leo Durocher, 06/09/1975)

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1. Wonderful!

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2. I thought Christopher Meloni played Leo Durocher in the movie 42 brilliantly.

It was a great performance.

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3. Thanks for sharing that. Nt