Jim Leyland
Jim Leyland
James Richard "Jim" Leylandis a retired Major League Baseball manager. He currently serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers and is the manager of the United States national baseball team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth15 December 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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We have hit 14 more home runs this year than we did last year, which may be good because it's helped us win some games. But it's not necessarily going to help us, because you start thinking that way and we've got to find all kinds of way to produce runs.
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Kenny Rogers made the All-Star team this year. He's 50-some games over .500 lifetime. He brings a lot to this party. I think we got a tremendous deal here.
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I just didn't like the way we went about our business. You get some cookies and guys try to hit home runs, and they pop the (expletive) thing up all day long.
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I met five presidents. I had dinner with a president of the United States in the White House. I played golf with a president of the United States. I made money. I mean, when I look at it, I had a unbelievably fabulous career. And I'm extremely grateful.
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Makes a big difference. Players always make the difference.
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You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.
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We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules.
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If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.
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I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.
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Momentum is your next day's pitcher.