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
baseball successful thinking
My eight years in Detroit, obviously, were my most successful years managing. I think that Pittsburgh and Detroit are probably very, very similar. We kinda rekindled the fire of baseball in Pittsburgh. We did the exact same thing in Detroit.
zero thinking games
Everyone in the world disagrees with me, including some managers, but I think managing in the American League is much more difficult for that very reason (having the designated hitter). In the National League, my situation is dictated for me. If I'm behind in the game, I've got to pinch hit. I've got to take my pitcher out. In the American League, you have to zero in. You have to know exactly when to take them out of there. In the National League, that's done for you.
player doors media
I learned this a long time ago. If you call a guy into your office and shut the door, if theres media around, it sends up a red flag. I never wanted to embarrass a player.
loss winning careers
When somebody talks about your career, most people are gonna talk about wins and losses, a World Series or pennants. But if somebody asked me how I would sum up my career, I would say I had a unbelievable, fabulous career.
scotch vodka
I'm second in doubles - double vodkas, double scotches.
used ifs
If anybody says they get used to it, you don't.
player thinking hands
I've managed 25 years, and I can probably count on one hand players that I didn't really care for, and that's probably thousands of players that I've managed. I think that's pretty good. I love the players and I always will.
senior baseball freshman
It takes time to get the whole package. Freshmen can't be seniors.
winter philadelphia lasts
It's well known that I interviewed with Philadelphia last winter, and I'd like to manage again,
our-veterans special needs
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.
thinking guy purpose
Barry Bonds was like Joe Namath or Muhammad Ali. He could make a statement and go out and back it up. Not a lot of guys can do that. In fact, managers usually cringe when guys make statements about what they're going to do. In Barry's case, I liked it. I think he did it on purpose to motivate himself. In a lot of ways, it's easy for Barry. I think he needs a little controversy around him.
example lips lip-service
You don't lead by lip service, you lead by example.
baseball thinking teammate
He represented the Twins , but I think everyone in baseball felt like they were a teammate of Kirby Puckett.
light talking smoking
Still. Smokers out there, you know what I'm talking about. That moment, after you've had a huge meal, say at Thanksgiving, when you step outside in the cold, light up a cigarette and take a deep inhale ... that's about the best moment in the world, you know? All the smokers out there, you know that feeling. Sometimes, smoking is fantastic.