Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Alston

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Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, and signed 23 one-year contracts with the team. He had a calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes also known as "The Quiet Man."

American - Athlete | December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984

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I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

Walter Alston

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.

Walter Alston

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Walter Alston

It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.

Walter Alston

I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.

Walter Alston

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

Walter Alston

I do worry about tomorrow's game, but never about next year's job.

Walter Alston

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

Walter Alston

Of course managers win ball games.

Walter Alston

I put myself through college playing pool.

Walter Alston

The toughest thing about managing is knowing your personnel and what it can give you under all conditions.

Walter Alston

I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or how to place my infield or outfield to defend properly against the opposing hitter.

Walter Alston

Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.

Walter Alston

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some, too.

Walter Alston

More than anyone else, he's (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Walter Alston

Individual grievances and pet peeves have got to go by the wayside. Generally, you don't have to worry about the guys who are playing every day, it's the guys who are sitting on the bench that are the ones that get needles in their pants.

Walter Alston

Do your best and forget the consequences.

Walter Alston

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.

Walter Alston

Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Walter Alston

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