Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Gene Mauch

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Gene Mauch.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Gene William Mauch was an American professional baseball player and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates (1947), Chicago Cubs (1948–1949), Boston Braves (1950–1951), St. Louis Cardinals (1952) and Boston Red Sox (1956–1957).

American - Athlete | November 18, 1925 - August 8, 2005

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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

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

Gene Mauch

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

Baseball and malaria keep coming back.

Gene Mauch

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

Gene Mauch

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

Most one run games are lost, not won.

Gene Mauch

Most one-run games are lost, not won.

Gene Mauch

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

Gene Mauch

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

Gene Mauch

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

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

Play him, fine him, and play him again.

Gene Mauch

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

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

Gene Mauch

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

Gene Mauch

I have an amazing ability to forget.

Gene Mauch