Walt Alston Quotes

Walt Alston — American Athlete born on December 01, 1911, died on October 01, 1984

Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers between 1954 and 1976. Alston signed 23 one-year contracts with the Dodgers. He had a calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes also known as "The Quiet Man"... (wikipedia)

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.

More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.

Walt Alston Quotes

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