Schoendienst Quotes & Sayings

It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the opportunities, and I think you do have to work hard. — Jill Douglas

I'm not much of a jewelry man. I don't even wear a watch half the time. — Red Schoendienst

My soul, I've found, has puppet strings
to make me droop or give me wings.
And music is the puppeteer
that turns my ear to hear. — Richelle E. Goodrich

When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers. — Red Schoendienst

Larkin Schoendienst had told Betsy that in DC there were two ways to murder policy without appearing to have committed a crime. One was cobwebbing, in which a person with an idea--usually a young and bright person with a good, new idea--would fall victim to the surrounding bureaucrats, who would exclaim, 'Why, that's a good idea!' and throw out a web of reporting requirements, consulting requirements, or new budgeting procedures. Soon the person and his idea would be totally immobilized by a shimmering silken cocoon, to be put away and devoured another day.

The second method was the interagency task force. — Neal Stephenson

I've had a good time here in baseball. I love baseball. That's why I'm still around. — Red Schoendienst

I've put in 63 years now in the big leagues as a player, coach, manager. And now just being around these young guys, it keeps you going pretty good. — Red Schoendienst

There's nothing to it. Baseball isn't that tough to play. — Red Schoendienst

A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one. — Leo Buscaglia

I don't like to compare clubs or players from way back. It's different today. Your ballparks are better. In the days when I played, we had eight teams in each league. Now you have more. — Red Schoendienst

Spiritual emptiness is a universal disease. — Rick Warren

One of the most beautiful things in the world is seeing a mommy with her kids. There's nothing more beautiful, nothing more sublime. — Johnny Depp

I managed Dal Maxvill, and he's now our general manager. I managed Bob Gibson. He's a broadcaster. Tim McCarver. Bill White. Nellie Briles. He used to be a broadcaster. I tried to count them up one time. — Red Schoendienst

If you build it, they will come. — W.P. Kinsella

I guess sometimes it was easier to be mean than to be hurt. — Brittainy C. Cherry

When I was playing, there were only eight teams in each league, and you didn't have any playoffs. — Red Schoendienst

You always believed that as good as you knew you were, there was always somebody who could take your place. I tried to work as hard as I could to make sure that didn't happen. — Red Schoendienst

The lack of a sense of history makes us really prey to manipulation. — Terence McKenna

The best way to GET forgiveness is to GIVE forgiveness. — Joyce Meyer

I'm just the same as anybody else now. To get TB again, I'd have to go out and catch a whole new case of it. Let's forget about it. I'm a ballplayer. — Red Schoendienst