Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Tug McGraw.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. was an American professional baseball relief pitcher and long-time Major League Baseball (MLB) player, often remembered for coining the phrase "Ya Gotta Believe", which became the rallying cry for the 1973 New York Mets. He recorded the final out of the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals, via a strikeout of Willie Wilson, thereby bringing the Philadelphia Phillies their first such championship and ending a 77–year drought. He was the last active big league player to have played under manager Casey Stengel.
Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.
I don't know, I never smoked AstroTurf.
Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.
I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.
When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.
We called Pete Rose and Larry Bowa the soup spoons, because they were always stirring things up. Twenty years later, nothing's changed.
I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf
Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.
I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf.
What is the difference between astroturf and grass? I don't know, I never smoked astroturf.
Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.
Ten million years from now, when then sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out.