Dusty Baker Quotes

You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle. I feel very much like a father sometimes but sometimes I feel like a teammate.

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll.

I have a lot of interests.

I love watching American League games, you know what I mean?

Everybody knows something, and nobody knows everything.

Let them police themselves, and then it goes another step past them to my coaches and there a coach that is responsible for a different area and different category on the field.

I'm not sure where my career is going here in Cincinnati.

The only people I ever felt intimidated by in my whole life were Bob Gibson and my Daddy.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

When you have an opportunity to take the lead and you don't, most of the time something bad happens.

The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding and fun.

That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.

Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are.

The only thing that's in my control is to win ballgames and God is always taking care of me.

That's what baseball is all about right there, a matter of will.

I'm not a guy that sits around and does nothing.

I love sharing my knowledge of hitting with others. Now coaches and players at all levels can learn my systematic approach to hitting a baseball with more consistency, mental strength and accuracy.

You don't want to get beat, number one, and you hate getting shutout, number two, and even worse, no hits.