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Dugout Quotes

Support roles, clubhouses, and staying close to the action

This page gathers dugout quotes about shifting from center stage to a quieter support role over a career. For related themes, see Being quotes.

My job has changed over the years, 22 years roughly I've been cooking professionally. When I was younger, I aspired to be the star player. Now, it's more I like to sit in the dugout and make sure the team...

Quotes by Wylie Dufresne

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

Quotes by Tony La Russa

Anyway, how can you sack anyone who still hasn't got a contract. I'll be there for the game and I'll stand behind the dugout giving instructions to the players from there. They will respond to me more than the next...

Quotes by Paul Gascoigne

Even when they have a star that they're going after, casting directors love, if anything, just the excuse to see people. They like to have a dugout full of actors that they can go to.

Quotes by Kyle Bornheimer

Age Quotes

Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.

Quotes by Jon Lester

I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout instead of the pitch.

Quotes by Ian Brown

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

Quotes by Casey Stengel

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.

Quotes by Bob Uecker

All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me what it was I hit and I tell them I don't know except it looked good.

Quotes by Babe Ruth

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "dugout" refer to across these quotes?
It refers mainly to the baseball dugout, used both literally and as a metaphor for stepping back from center stage.
Does any quote connect the dugout to a career shift?
Yes, one speaker describes moving from aspiring to be a star player to preferring life in the dugout instead.
Is the dugout described in terms of daily routine?
Yes, one quote describes the routine walk between the clubhouse and the dugout during a typical season.
Do these quotes ever use dugout outside of baseball?
Yes, one quote compares casting directors keeping a group of favored actors close to having a dugout full of talent.
Where can I read more about focus and attention in careers?
For related themes, see Attention quotes, which touches on staying focused within a role.

One line even compares casting directors keeping a roster of actors close by to a dugout full of talent. Readers may also like Attention quotes.