The Cincinnati Enquirer Sparky Anderson at a news conference Tuesday. Sparky Anderson searched his heart meticulously, as if he were looking for lost spectacles. He weighed all the data, and still he wavered.
Cowards die a thousand deaths, and the brave die but once.
It's a small matter in the greater scheme of things, but it affords us a good glimpse of what made this man so successful. Sparky managed the Reds from 1970-78. He had the courage and the fortitude to do that. If he had never done that, I doubt if I would have ever managed in the big leagues. Sparky Anderson takes pains to avoid hurting people, and he agonized over this one.