John McGraw Quotes

• One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Men, Leader

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• One small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

  John McGraw

  Wind, Storm, Breeze

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• I name (Honus) Wagner first on my list, not only because he was a great batting champion and base-runner, and also baseball's foremost shortstop, but because Honus (Wagner) could have been first at any other position, with the possible exception of pitcher. In all my career, I never saw such a versatile player.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Player, Names

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• There is but one game and that game is baseball.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Games, Famous Baseball

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• Learn to know every man under you, get under his skin, know his faults. Then cater to him - with kindness or roughness as his case may demand.

  John McGraw

  Kindness, Men, Skins

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• The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

  John McGraw

  Past, Eight, Feet

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• Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

  John McGraw

  Sports, Hurt, Men

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• You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next?

  John McGraw

  Sports, Baseball, Player

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• The boy's (Hack Wilson) got talent and desire, but he ain't got no neck.

  John McGraw

  Boys, Desire, Necks

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• If I had to pick the greatest team player in baseball today-and I have some of the greats on my own club-I would have to pick Pie Traynor.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Team, Player

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• With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

  John McGraw

  Teamwork, Men, Order

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• Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.

  John McGraw

  Fighting, Perspective, Sportsmanship

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• The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants.

  John McGraw

  Teamwork, Team, Winning

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• No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness.

  John McGraw

  Team, Winning, Greatness

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• In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

  John McGraw

  Fun, Winning, Games

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• He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.

  John McGraw

  Player, Perfect, Matter

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• The main idea is to win.

  John McGraw

  Baseball, Winning, Ideas

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• The main thing is to win.

  John McGraw

  Winning

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• (Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.

  John McGraw

  Summer, Winter, Bills

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• I think we can win it if my brain holds out.

  John McGraw

  Winning, Thinking, Brain

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