Connie Mack Quotes

"You can't win them all."

"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball."

"As one of nine men, (Joe) DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived."

"You're born with two strikes against you, so don't take a third one on your own."

"After all my years, there are two things I've never got used to - haggling with a player over his contract and telling a boy he's got to go back."

"I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself."

"Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life."

"(Christy) Mathewson was the greatest pitcher who ever lived. He had knowledge, judgment, perfect control and form. It was wonderful to watch him pitch when he wasn't pitching against you."

Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com