Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
– Walt Alston
I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.
– Walt Alston
Individual grievances and pet peeves have got to go by the wayside. Generally, you don't have to worry about the guys who are playing every day, it's the guys who are sitting on the bench that are the ones that get needles in their pants.
– Walt Alston
It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.
– Walt Alston
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
– Walt Alston
More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
– Walt Alston
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.