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I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

Leo Durocher

Rules

As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.

Leo Durocher

Chance

Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.

Leo Durocher

Church

Baseball

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

Leo Durocher

Death

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

Leo Durocher

Effort

Rules

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

Leo Durocher

Mother

Winning

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

Leo Durocher

Integrity

Umpire

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

Leo Durocher

Day

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.

Winning is a habit.

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

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Nothing

Umpire

God watches over drunks and third baseman.

Leo Durocher

God

There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.

Leo Durocher

Power

Baseball