Gene Mauch

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Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Funny
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You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.
- Gene Mauch
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Baseball and malaria keep coming back.
- Gene Mauch
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The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.
- Gene Mauch
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You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry's favorite horse was named Champion. He ain't ever had one called Runner Up.
- Gene Mauch
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I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.
- Gene Mauch
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Most one run games are lost, not won.
- Gene Mauch
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Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Motivational
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He (Don Drysdale) talks very well for a guy who's had two fingers in his mouth all his life.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Two
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He (Sandy Koufax) throws a 'radio ball,' a pitch you hear, but you don't see.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Balls
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I have an amazing ability to forget.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Forget
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He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Jelly
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The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Men
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Most one-run games are lost, not won.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Motivational
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I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Player
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Play him, fine him, and play him again.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Sports
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There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.
- Gene Mauch
Collection: Sports