Connie Mack Quotes


Connie Mack

No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life.

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

You`re born with two strikes against you, so don`t take a third one on your own.

Any minute, any day, some players may break a long standing record. That`s one of the fascinations about the game, the unexpected surprises.

After all my years, there are two things I`ve never got used to - haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he`s got to go back.

You can`t win them all.

There has been only one manager, and his name is John McGraw.

The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change.






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