Top 134 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Maddon - Page 2

People who say spring training's too long, I absolutely disagree. I think it's the perfect length of time.

I get in so many tough spots when I demonstrate my feelings on certain things.

You've got to go with what you think is the right thing in the moment, based on everything that's presented to you.

I've always loved the Belmont Shore area because I've always thought it had a kind of European vibe to it. This to me is the best area in Southern California.

When you permit yourself to lose for more than 30 minutes then it can carry over to the next day. I think it's important to understand that. I think that mindset is contributing.

I am into my routine and I believe in the following: exercise, adequate amount of sleep and a good diet.

I'm hoping to be recognized in Europe, because that would truly indicate that the Tampa Bay Rays have arrived on the continent.

I'm all for, almost like, a general amnesty program.

I'm a product of the '60s and the '70s - slightly rebellious back then in college, not so much in high school, when I got to college I think I was. And I think a lot of where I'm at right now is rooted in a lot of hypocrisy that I recognized back then that I never wanted to be personally.

I was never a protestor, don't get me wrong, I was never like a vocal... what was the line I used to repeat to myself?... I was a nonconformist in a conforming society, that's what I thought about myself back in the '70s.

Going into the past, I've always thought Mark Twain would be cool to hang out with for a little bit.

I really hope that you all understand that social media doesn't count at all. Twitter doesn't count at all.

Hitting coach John Mallee, he comes to the ballpark way too early for me, man. He drives me nuts.

You can talk about Phil Jackson for years when he was with the Lakers and the Bulls, I used to read a lot of his stuff.

I love Ray Charles.

I loved 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'

It's all about 'thought.' Whatever you think, wherever you think, that's pretty much how you're going to manifest yourself to the rest of the world.

You do connect with people, regardless of their age. And how do you do that? By taking an interest in what they do, where they're coming from.

Bob Clear, nobody's ever heard about except for some people who have been in the game, was probably my main mentor in the game of baseball.

I have no interest at all in the success of the Seattle Mariners.

My father was a plumber and I'm from the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, and I promise you, I've been to Birmingham and Montgomery and when the plane lands, it's really reminiscent, topography wise, to northeastern Pennsylvania and I feel that same vibe.

I fall asleep in theaters, so I try to stay away from them.

If I were to come to the plate what would I play? 'Start Me Up'... maybe... by the Stones. Definitely wouldn't mind that. Something by Springsteen. Just a bit or a piece of 'Kitty's Back in Town.' Or something from Led Zeppelin like 'Ramble On.' That's a tough question. For anybody who can nail it down to one song, God bless them.

When I look back, my journey isn't about a small-town kid from Hazleton traveling around the country, but about the years I put in to get to this place in my life. Playing and finding out you're not good enough, managing in the minors, working in player development, coaching and learning from the best minds in baseball.

I work through Kaenon with my sunglasses because they're prescription.

When you are working with a highly professional, motivated group that is accountable, the more freedom you give that group, the more discipline you're going to get in return.

When I was living in California, I would ride my bike and see homeless people pushing their grocery carts with all their belongings, and it really upset me. I always said if I had a bigger soapbox, I would do something. And I thought the best way was to cook food - I'm Italian.

Sometimes we all gain this elitist status mentally that inhibits us from being the kid that got you there in the first place, and I never want to inhibit that youthful demeanor. I think it's a very big part of success.

I want more of an opportunity to do nothing, and I mean that in a positive way.

If you want to see how good your team is, look at your bench.

I get flooded with nostalgia, I do. And it's okay. It's a good thing.

When you go through a full season, some guys are going to get into some bad spots, and you have to stick with them because that's what they are there for, and I think part of it is building confidence.

A day off is not a day off if you find out at 4 o'clock you're not playing.

Baseball is not an emotional game, we have to get your brain working. Baseball, you have to have your wits about you when you go out there so you have to be not emotional.

I get up every morning, and walk down to the Starbucks, sip my coffee and do some business with my iPad.

For me, what do I do to look hot? T-shirts and jeans.

I believe this: There is a lot of discipline to be derived from freedom.

People don't realize how many of the homeless are single moms, and a lot of veterans, and people with mental illness.

I've always liked a guy who can really power the ball in the 2-hole.

Mazzaro's is absolutely one of the finest shopping experiences anywhere and I wish I got there more often.

If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of warming up on the field.

You have to be able to play through the tough moments by doing something offensively, and we haven't been able to do that.

I love everything about that because when he goes out there Javy Baez is not afraid of making a mistake, and that's big thing when you get players that are en masse not concerned about making mistakes, really good stuff can happen. That's, he leads the pack with that.

I'm big on feel, and I think it can help a relief pitcher gain feel before he goes into the game.

Our prep's not going to be any different. It will be optional batting practice like there was today. I don't want any more work. I don't want extra study.

Don't ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure. That's on the top of my lineup card every night.

I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game.

Don't let the pressure of the moment outweigh the pleasure.

As a bench coach in Anaheim I used to sit down below with Sosh (Scioscia) on that little area, and then when you'd get up on top, it was an entirely different vibe, man. Two, three steps up, it's a different vibe. You feel everything.

If I'm honest with you, you might not like me for a day or two. But if I lie to you, you're going to hate me forever.

I like to have fun. I have never done anything well in my entire life that I didn't enjoy.

I want the players to play that way, so I'd better manage that way. The philosophy has been thrown out there. We've been talking about it. We've been working on it, so let's see how it works. Let's see if theory and reality can come together.

When you start worrying about who you're going to play, it could bite you. Because it really shouldn't matter.

Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure.

Sometimes you have to give credit to the other guy pitching.

I don't say anything. One of the reporters asked me in the scrum in there, and I said, no, I didn't say anything to anybody. I can only hurt them right now. I cannot help them.

Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure.

It's one of those things that it's everything you think it is, but then again you have to - you need time to really process the entire situation. You stand out on that platform afterwards and you're looking at the ballpark and the fans and the W flags everywhere, and truthfully I do think about everybody, I think about the fans and their parents and their grandparents and great-grandparents and everything that's been going on here for a while. So you think that - I think about my coaching staff.

You have to anticipate a call's not going to go your way. It happens to everybody. It happens to both sides every night, so you can't necessarily go there mentally. You've just got to keep moving through the moment.

Maybe tweeting is a more appealing method of getting your thoughts out to the masses a little bit more often. That's the only way I consider it. Otherwise, I do it for the fans' purposes; it's definitely not to try to empty my brain out to anybody else.