Famous quotes by Tony La Russa:
"You've got to get what you deserve,"
"The best way to keep yourself competitive is not to change anything. Right now we're trying to grind out wins and win the division."
"I don't care how well you throw if your guys are terrible at unloading the ball and holding guys on, ... so it's a joint effort. But it's like Mike [Matheny] was, and like Pudge Rodriguez. He's an intimidating weapon. Guys don't run very much against him. It's a heck of a weapon for your side."
"What's different about this club, when you have this many setbacks, it's usually part of why you don't win or you barely squeeze by in the last week of the season with a good but not great record. To have this kind of run and play this quality of baseball for this long is why this club deserves a very different kind of credit."
"I think we understand we're officially in October baseball. But we discussed it last year and again this year. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate it when the magic number is one. You're watching the number go 10, 9, 8 ... and it gets to one so you celebrate? When it gets to zero, you celebrate. That's what we're going to do."
"We understand we're officially in October baseball. It just doesn't seem right to celebrate when your magic number is one."
"We understand we're officially in October baseball."
"You're watching the number and go '10-9-8' and get to one and you're going to celebrate? Zero is when you celebrate. That's what we're doing to do."
"I'll say exactly what I said last year: It's one; it's not zero. I think we'll take the consistent approach."
"The thing I learned when I was playing was that your best way of winning was to make it difficult for the other club to score in the last three innings of the game."