Don Mattingly
Don Mattingly
Donald Arthur Mattinglyis an American professional baseball first baseman, coach and current manager of the Miami Marlins. Nicknamed "The Hit Man" and "Donnie Baseball", he spent his entire 14-year career playing with the New York Yankees and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 April 1961
CityEvansville, IN
get-better trying ifs
If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.
yankees reputation new-york-yankees
His reputation preceded him before he got here.
smile-because knows
You never know who’s watching.
yankees new-york-yankees deserve
What did I do to deserve this?
goes-on nobody-knows knows
Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.
team honored knows
I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.
bats
I like being close to the bats.
people guessing managers
Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.
guy atmosphere want
I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.
spring consistency training
Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency.
team player yankees
The players get no respect around here. They (the Yankees) give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.
work-out decision temptation
We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.
moving long wanted
I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction.
balls ground
We can make him go out there and take 100 ground balls but then he's not going to be able to play. It has to be the right kind of work.