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  • It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.

  • You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.

  • You can't run a mule in the Kentucky Derby.

    Source: www.usatoday.com
  • I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'

  • Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not a lot of guys can do that. In fact, managers usually cringe when guys make statements about what they're going to do. In Barry's case, I liked it. I think he did it on purpose to motivate himself. In a lot of ways, it's easy for Barry. I think he needs a little controversy around him.

  • I had 11 years of managerial experience and four years of coaching before I managed a big-league team. To me, it was important, because I learned a lot through trial and error. And it's tough to have to go through trial and error when you're a big-league manager.

    Team  
  • Momentum is your next day's pitcher.

    "Giants' Sandoval Joins Home Run Elite In 8-3 Win". "Morning Edition" with Tom Goldman, www.npr.org. October 25, 2012.
  • When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if somebody asked me how I would sum up my career I would say I had a unbelievable, fabulous career.

    Winning  
    "The skip’s good-bye". Interview with Mitch Albom, www.mitchalbom.com. November 10, 2013.
  • If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.

  • My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We kinda rekindled the fire of baseball in Pittsburgh. We did the exact same thing in Detroit.

    "The skip’s good-bye". Interview with Mitch Albom, www.mitchalbom.com. November 10, 2013.
  • I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if there’s media around, it sends up a red flag. I never wanted to embarrass a player.

    "The skip’s good-bye". Interview with Mitch Albom, www.mitchalbom.com. November 10, 2013.
  • When it’s time, it’s time … and it’s time.

    "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. October 22, 2013.
  • You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

  • Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you.

    Games  
  • We need to have preparation to win. A disciplined team will win more close games over a period of time.

    Team   Winning   Games  
  • It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again.

  • I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.

  • He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.

  • We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.

  • I've managed 25 years, and I can probably count on one hand players that I didn't really care for, and that's probably thousands of players that I've managed. I think that's pretty good. I love the players and I always will.

  • Still. Smokers out there, you know what I'm talking about. That moment, after you've had a huge meal, say at Thanksgiving, when you step outside in the cold, light up a cigarette and take a deep inhale ... that's about the best moment in the world, you know? All the smokers out there, you know that feeling. Sometimes, smoking is fantastic.

    "Jim Leyland, America's Role Model". deadspin.com. October 3, 2005.
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Jim Leyland

  • Born: December 15, 1944
  • Occupation: Baseball Manager