Quotes by Al Lopez

“Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.”

“Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether its business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you dont love what youre doing and you cant give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. Youll be an old man before you know it.”

“Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when youre losing because when youre a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When youre a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.”

“The manager is by himself. He cant mingle with his players. I enjoyed my players, but I could not socialize with them so I spent a lot of time alone in my hotel room. Those four walls kind of close in on you.”

“They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didnt expect it to be that short.”

“Its tough to be pitching and having to worry about what a catchers going to call. If the catcher has a reputation of being a rockhead, the pitchers gonna have to worry that much more.”

“I usually stick out my hand and hope he puts the ball in it. Except the one time I went out to take Early Wynn out. I stuck out my hand and he hit me right in the stomach with the ball.”

“The youngsters coming up now just go through the motions necessary to make the play. They should bounce around a little, show some life and zip. It adds a little action and gives the fans something to look at rather than the monotonous routine, no matter how perfectly the play is made.”

“Everybody says we hated the Yankees. We didnt hate the Yankees. We just hated the way they beat us.”

“That was a great year (1959) for the White Sox, but a tough loss in the World Series,”

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether its business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you dont love what youre doing and you cant give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. Youll be an old man before you know it.