Alvin Dark Quotes

"The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters."
- Alvin Dark
(Related: Love)

"The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking."
- Alvin Dark
(Related: Mistake, Want, Writers)

"The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'"
- Alvin Dark
(Related: Giants)

"Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way."
- Alvin Dark

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living."
- Alvin Dark
(Related: God, Baseball, Chicago, Living, Privilege)

"Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist."
- Alvin Dark

"A manager doesn't hear the cheers."
- Alvin Dark
(Related: Manager)

"A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen."
- Alvin Dark
(Related: Faith, God)

"Friendships are forgotten when the game begins."
- Alvin Dark