A heck of a lot better than being the smallest player in the minor leagues.
-- Fred Patek (When asked how it felt to be the smallest player in the majors)

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you want him to figure you figure.
-- Whitey Herzog

Baseball has been very good to me since I quit trying to play it.
-- Whitey Herzog

He doesn't want to play in St. Louis. He doesn't want to play on turf. He doesn't want to play when we go into Montreal. He doesn't want to play in the Astrodome. He doesn't want to play in the rain. But hey, for the other 80 games, he's all right.
-- Whitey Herzog (about Garry Templeton)

Hey ump, how can you sleep with the lights on?
-- Amos Otis

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.
-- Dan Quisenberry

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.
-- George Brett

If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect three thousand hits and one thousand errors.
-- George Brett

If we get pitching and hitting we're going to be a good team. And also fielding.
-- Brian Anderson

If you don't have outstanding relief pitching, you might as well piss on the fire and call the dogs.
-- Whitey Herzog

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy, let them buy a dog.
-- Whitey Herzog

It really helps to be stupid to if you're a relief pitcher. You can't be thinking about too many things...I just hope I'm stupid enough.
-- Dan Quisenberry

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.
-- Dan Quisenberry

Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.
-- Dan Quisenberry

Some people asked me if I would be interested in managing the A's. I said a definite no thank you. At night, that place is a graveyard with lights.
-- Whitey Herzog

The batter still hits a grounder. But in this case the first bounce is 360 feet away.
-- Dan Quisenberry (When asked what happens when his sinker isn't sinking)

The only way to make money as a manager is to win in one place, get fired and hired somewhere else.
-- Whitey Herzog

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.
-- Whitey Herzog

We need three kinds of pitching: left handed, right handed, and relief.
-- Whitey Herzog

When you have a pitcher in trouble swing at the first pitch. It will probably be the best one you get.
-- Frank White

Yeah, and we're missing a little geography and arithmetic around here, too!
-- Whitey Herzog (After being told of the poor chemistry on his team)