Whitey Herzog Quotes

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

I am tired of being roasted. I had a great deal of hard luck while manager of the team and somehow or other couldn't get the best out of the material I had at hand.

I don't want to be any kind of producer at all - hands-on or otherwise! I feel producing is a very difficult job and creates ulcers! Maybe some people would like to have a certain amount of control; not me. It's too much stress and includes managing everybody's egos... handling my own is enough!

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?

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

I was gonna throw the first pitch at a Mets game, but there was a rain delay. So I'm waiting for it to stop, and the team's manager, Willie Randolph, comes by. Now he's already intimidating to begin with. But he comes over to me and says, 'If you screw this up, they will boo you.' And I said 'Thanks.'

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

I get impatient with people working on a film that have their head in their hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world.

… a job of infinite stress

I don't get ulcers. I give 'em.

As a manager, I have to keep calm.

I'm in the pink of health except for the weight I put on because I'm now a stressful producer. But being the daughter of an alcoholic makes you four times more susceptible to becoming one.

If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me.

In the last two World Cups, I realised that when you put a lot of pressure on yourself, it does not work.

Look, I loved working in baseball.

However much I try, I can't shake off the effects of the yips.

I know how you can feel when you are playing under pressure.

It's a lot of stress being a manager - a lot of moving parts.

It stresses me out if I mess up.

All managers are under pressure. It's our life, always. It's about how we manage the pressure, the victory, we have to manage everything, even me - the bookmakers put me under pressure every time!

I have played plenty of matches where I thought I had left everything on the field and given a game my all, but what I have come to realise since I retired and began coaching - 90 minutes on the field do not compare to life as a manager.

When I begin shooting, I get nervous, as I am under pressure to do my job well.