Sparky Anderson Player Quotations

Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

The players make the manager, it's never the other way.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

They're loyal Royal all the way. But, they're not tough fans, a player does not have to worry about being insulted there.

I don't know why the players make such a big fuss about sitting in the first class section of the plane. Does that mean they'll get there faster?

Explaining why he was forced to cut a utility player: You just got caught in a position where you have no position.

A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.