Tug McGraw Quotes & Sayings

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League. — Tug McGraw

Ten million years from now, when then sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out. — Tug McGraw

Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch. — Tug McGraw

Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed. — Tug McGraw

I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent. — Tug McGraw

When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind. — Tug McGraw

I don't know, I never smoked AstroTurf. — Tug McGraw

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf — Tug McGraw

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste. — Tug McGraw

We called Pete Rose and Larry Bowa the soup spoons, because they were always stirring things up. Twenty years later, nothing's changed. — Tug McGraw