Quotes of Pennant - somelinesforyou

“ I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets? ”

- Sparky Anderson

“ No club that wins a pennant once is an outstanding club. One which bunches two pennants is a good club. But a team which can win three in a row really achieves greatness. ”

- John McGraw

“ And if I have my choice between a pennant and a triple crown, I'll take the pennant every time. ”

- Carl Yastrzemski

“ Everyone has a budget, I don't care who you are. But they said if we are in a pennant race in the middle of the summer they are going to get some help with added payroll. ”

- Dusty Baker

“ Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop. ”

- Leo Durocher

“ You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees. ”

- Bill Lee

“ The team that gets off to a good start wins pennants. ”

- John McGraw

“ I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given. ”

- Chuck Tanner

“ It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder to lose one. ”

- Chuck Tanner

“ Most of the glories of the world are mere outward show, like the scenes on a stage: there is nothing real about them. Ships festooned and hung with pennants, firing of cannon, illuminations, beating of drums and blowing of trumpets, shouting and applauding — these are all the outward sign, the pretense and suggestion — as it were the hieroglyphic — of joy… ”

- Arthur Schopenhauer
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