Gene Mauch
Gene Mauch
Gene William Mauchwas an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinalsand the Boston Red Sox...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 November 1925
CountryUnited States of America
american-athlete bad beginning lose losing middle
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking.
belly dagger felt few hot morning weeks woke
For a few weeks after that, every morning when I woke up, I felt it in my stomach, ... Like a hot dagger in my belly button.
pepsi
Uh, Gene, I'm going to go get myself a Pepsi while you mull that one over.
money stealing
They're stealing the money right out of your pockets, ... October, 1964.
adversity learn sob toughest true
If it's true that you learn from adversity, then I must be the toughest SOB in the world,
game however study
I get so keyed up during these games. All I did for 50 years was study the game day and night. And I will forever, for however long 'forever' is.
I get so keyed up during these games,
winning player want
The worst thing is the day you realize you want to win more than the players do.
motivational baseball slumps
Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you're in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking
motivational running baseball
Most one-run games are lost, not won.
men umpires guy
The first guy who lays a finger on this blind old man is fined fifty bucks!
sports play psychology
Play him, fine him, and play him again.
sports loss winning
There should be a new way to record standings in this league; one column for wins, one for losses and one for gifts.
player thinking games
I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I want to so they'll be ready when I have to. I don't consider myself a motivator of players. I think it's an insult to a ballplayer to have to be motivated.