Category: Walt Alston Quotes

“Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.” –Walt Alston

“More than anyone else, he (Hank Aaron) made me wish I wasn’t a manager.” –Walt Alston

“Look at misfortune the same way you look at success – Don’t Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.” –Walt Alston

“It’s not the winter that bothers me – it’s the summers.” –Walt Alston

“I’m happy for him (Gil Hodges). That is, if you think becoming a big league manager is a good thing to have happen to you.” –Walt Alston

“Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.” –Walt Alston