John McGraw's Quotes

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

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.

My boy, one small breeze doesn't make a wind storm.

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

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.

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

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

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.

Cobb would have to play center field on my all time team. But where would that put Speaker? In left. If I had them both, I would certainly play them that way.

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.

As a society, I think older women are marginalized, but I think that has changed so much in the last twenty years.

I do believe that one way to have a destiny is to choose one.

I really love 'Dexter.' I'd like to be on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' or 'Breaking Bad.'

We live in a world where action is what counts.

When you're a regular on your show, that's your family. When people come in and out, it doesn't mean that you don't embrace them, but they have to leave.