I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one. Earl Weaver Read Quote
A manager should stay as far away as possible from his players. I don’t know if I said ten words to Frank Robinson while he played for me. Earl Weaver Read Quote
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit. Earl Weaver Read Quote
The guy who says, ‘I love the challenge of managing,’ is one step from being out of a job. Earl Weaver Read Quote
What else does a manager do but push buttons? He doesn’t hit, he doesn’t run, he doesn’t throw, and he doesn’t catch the ball. A manager has twenty-five players, or twenty-five buttons, and he selects which one he’ll use, or push, that day. The manager who presses the right buttons most often is the one who wins the most games. Earl Weaver Read Quote
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can’t be too close to any of them. Earl Weaver Read Quote
You must remember that anyone under 30 – especially a ballplayer – is an adolescent. I never got close to being an adult until I was 32. Even though I was married and had a son at 20, I was a kid at 32, living at home with my parents. Sure, I was a manager then. That doesn’t mean you’re grown up. Earl Weaver Read Quote
