Mattingly Quotes & Sayings

His reputation preceded him before he got here. — Don Mattingly

I like being close to the bats. — Don Mattingly

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better. — Don Mattingly

We're at a point in time in our history of humanity where the systems we use for mass production have to be reevaluated, and it first struck me that online communities are a way to have local production with a universal reach. — Mary Mattingly

I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you. — Don Mattingly

I wanted to make a site where I wasn't mailing physical things to people, but I was still giving people things, and I would have this relationship with that person, and if that person was interested in the object, they would have to email me and I would send that object digitally to them. So, I wanted the relationship with that person, however brief, and I wanted to spread the digital record of the things I have. — Mary Mattingly

I can't concern myself with what's going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that's when you get yourself in trouble. — Don Mattingly

Good teams I played on ... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing. — Don Mattingly

I've wanted to manage a long time and I've been moving in that direction. — Don Mattingly

Ideally I envision a future where people are supporting themselves and each other using the things we already have - perhaps a place where one can fully support oneself with the help of others within smaller, sustainable communities. Being interdependent instead of relying mostly on machines for the things we need. — Mary Mattingly

I'd like to say this was our worst game. Unfortunately, I can't. — Don Mattingly

As a fiction writer I am not always sure where reality ends and non reality begins, when sane thoughts become less than sane, or what is imagination versus undiscovered truth, but ultimately, it is my job to make you as unsure as I am. — Kathryn Mattingly

Nobody can see into the future. Nobody knows what going to go on. — Don Mattingly

I'm always writing at night - things I would change, things I would do differently. When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently. — Don Mattingly

You can carry a photograph with you on a thumb drive, and you can make it bigger or smaller - it's a very malleable form of mass production. — Mary Mattingly

I'm not afraid of criticism or what somebody may think. — Don Mattingly

I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at. — Mary Mattingly

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana. — Don Mattingly

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now. — Don Mattingly

If everyone used the Internet to share the things they created themselves, what would that look like? I think it makes objects special again. I guess I'm not really advocating for no objects in the world, but rather the idea of creating within our present means. — Mary Mattingly

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong. — Don Mattingly

Christmas is for children. But it is for grownups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chill and hide bound hearts. — Lenora Mattingly Weber

We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want. — Don Mattingly

The way that I rationalize making photographs is because you're countering what's offensively mass-produced with something that you just want more people to see. — Mary Mattingly

I'm being compared to the impossible. I never saw Mays, Aaron or Clemente play. What about the people I face every day? Tim Raines is the best? Mattingly is the best? Why not compare me to my peers? — Eric Davis

I'm glad I don't have to face that guy (Don Mattingly) every day. He has that look that few hitters have. I don't know if it's his stance, his eyes or what, but you can tell he means business. — Dwight Gooden

What did I do to deserve this? — Don Mattingly

The players get no respect around here. They give you money, that's it, not respect. We get constantly dogged and players from other teams love to see that. That's why nobody wants to play here. — Don Mattingly

Managers have people second-guessing them all the time. — Don Mattingly

I feel like most of the objects coming through the ports are pretty useless. It sort of speaks to this larger point of how much we're actually taking in versus how much we really need. — Mary Mattingly

It's dangerous business, thinking you can make people over. — Lenora Mattingly Weber

You never know who's watching. — Don Mattingly

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers. — Don Mattingly

When I gave up me, I became more. I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game ... And you know what? ... I've found most people aren't team players. They don't realize that life is the only game in town. Someone should tell them. It has made all the difference in the world to me. — Don Mattingly

Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want in a ballplayer - consistency. — Don Mattingly

I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters. — Don Mattingly

Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game. — Don Mattingly

Strange, that certain superiority the goer-away feels for the stayer-at-home. — Lenora Mattingly Weber