As long as I've got a chance to beat you I'm going to take it.
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.
Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
God watches over drunks and third baseman.
How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?
I come to win.
I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.
I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.
I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, "Sorry, Mom," but nobody beats me.
If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.
In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
Nice guys finish last.
Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power.
What are we out at the park for, except to win?
Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.
Win any way you can as long as you can get away with it.
Winning is a habit.
You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.
You can't get any pictures from way back there.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
Durocher was an outstanding pool player who once won a celebrity pool tournament by defeating actor William Hopper in the championship round.
Durocher is buried in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Durocher was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994 three years after his death.
Durocher feuded with star player Ernie Banks while managing the Chicago Cubs.
Durocher became an ogre to Brooklyn Dodger fans in 1948 when he left the team in mid-season to manage the arch-rival New York Giants.
Durocher hit 24 home runs and drove in 567 runs during his playing career.
Durocher was released by the New York Yankees after Babe Ruth accused him of stealing his watch.
Durocher's only world championship as a manager was with the New York Giants in 1954.
Durocher feuded with Jackie Robinson for many years after he became manager of the New York Giants.
As a player, Durocher was a member of two world championship teams: the Noo Yawk Yankees in 1928 and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934.
Durocher was fired as manager of the New York Giants after the 1955 season because he made derogatory comments about owner Horace Stoneham at a banquet.
Cubs player Ron Santo reportedly once punched out manager Durocher in the clubhouse.
Durocher's family was of French Canadian descent. No English was spoken in his household growing up.
Durocher served as third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 to 1964.
Durocher had one son named Chris with second wife Laraine Day.
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