Don Mattingly Quotes & Sayings

“If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.”

“I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think.”

“The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here.”

“Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on.”

“We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.”

“Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.”

“Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana.”

“I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.”

“I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.”

“Managers have people second-guessing them all the time.”