Top 26 Most Famous Billy Martin Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 10 Most Famous Billy Martin Quotes (BEST)

“I don’t think so because I’ve got the reputation for being baseball’s bad boy and I don’t deserve it. But I think I’d make a good manager. For one thing, I know how to handle men. That’s the secret of managing. For another, I know enough about the game, not fundamentals, but executing. I think I could get the most out of players with common sense and psychology. I’m fiery enough that I’d have their respect. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll ever get the chance and there’s nothing in the world that can change that.”
Billy Martin

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. — Everything looks nicer when you **win**. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener.

There's nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back. — There’s nothing greater in the world than when somebody on the team does something good, and everybody gathers around to pat him on the back.

I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love. — I really love the togetherness in baseball. That’s a real true **love**.

The Yankee players have always been high salaried. I can remember when a $100,000 player was a good ballplayer. Now, I'm not sure. — The Yankee players have always been high salaried. I can remember when a $100,000 player was a good ballplayer. Now, I’m not sure.

I really don't have a position. I just stand at the plate with my glove on. — I really don’t have a position. I just stand at the plate with my glove on.

If I had known I was going to be a manager, I would have tried to be a little better ballplayer.

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.

I'm the best manager in baseball because I have Bobby Murcer in center field. — I’m the best manager in baseball because I have **Bobby Murcer** in center field.

What I miss when I'm away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins. — What I miss when I’m away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins.

4 Billy Martin Quotes About Baseball and Being a Manager

“When it gets to the fifth game, they say, ‘Let’s go, Billy.’ You try to hide in your room. ‘Go get ’em, Billy.’ You try to hide in your bathroom. ‘Good luck, Billy.’ I hate that. I always hate that.”
Billy Martin

They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays. — They invented the All-Star Game for **Willie Mays**.

All I know is (as a Yankees Manager), I pass people on the street these days, and they don't know whether to say hello or to say good-bye. — All I know is (as a Yankees Manager), I pass people on the street these days, and they don’t know whether to say hello or to say good-bye.

I may not be the best manager in the business, but I'm in the top one. — I may not be the best manager in the **business**, but I’m in the top one.

5 Billy Martin Quotes About George Steinbrenner

“I owe it to my health and mental well-being to resign at this time, and I am very sorry that there were things written about George Steinbrenner. He did not deserve them, nor did I say them. George and I have had our differences, and in most cases we have been able to resolve them.”
Billy Martin