A Quote by Leo Durocher

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.

Leo Durocher

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Ever Nobody Pennant Shortstop Star Without

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Leo Durocher
American - Athlete
July 27, 1905 - October 7, 1991

Nobody ever wins the first time they run for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win their first bid for office. Nobody's ever supposed to win without taking lobbyists' money. No one's ever supposed to defeat an incumbent. No one's ever supposed to run a grassroots campaign without running any ads on television. We did all of those things.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time.

Carl Yastrzemski

Obviously, I'm a shortstop at heart. I want to continue to play shortstop.

Manny Machado

What is the top requirement for a second baseman? A fine shortstop. I am fortunate in having the greatest shortstop in baseball, Luis Aparicio.

Nellie Fox

I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.

Manny Machado

I know that nobody can become a star without a team.

Persis Khambatta

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years.

Whitey Herzog

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days.

Whitey Herzog

We should have won the pennant that year. It was the best club I was ever on.

Jimmy Piersall

Nobody's going to go home for a year and come back. Nobody could ever enforce that. Nobody in their right mind would ever try to do it.

Michael Bloomberg

Nobody seems to appreciate what an incredible player Wilt was," Russell said at 1997 All-Star Game when the league named and honored its 50 greatest players. "He was the best player of all time because he dominated the floor like nobody else ever could. To be that big and that athletic was special.

Wilt Chamberlain

Ain't nobody ever had a jumpshot like mine, ain't nobody ever power moves like mine, ain't nobody ever tough defense like mine and ain't nobody ever had the courage to be a winner like me.

Moses Malone

If you don't believe inside yourself that you can learn a lot, nobody's ever going to do that for you. Nobody's ever gonna give you self drive. Nobody's ever gonna give you self esteem. Nobody's ever gonna give you your self worth. You have to set it for yourself.

Brother Ali

Nobody - but nobody - has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then hitting a lot of shots. It isn't so much a lack of talent; it's a lack of being able to repeat good shots consistently that frustrates most players. And the only answer to that is practice.