Baseball Quotes

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It's hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.

Pro-rated at 500 at-bats a year that means that for two years out of the fourteen I played, I never even touched the ball.

There is still nothing in life as constant and as changing at the same time as an afternoon at a ballpark.

The strongest thing that baseball has going for it today are its yesterdays.

I wanted to play baseball!

Social media is dangerous for baseball players. Things can get taken out of context so fast. You can say something you don't want to say. It's dangerous.

If the World Series was on the line and I could pick one pitcher to pitch the game, I'd choose Whitey Ford every time.

If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player personnel?

I wasnt athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else.

Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

I'd rather not throw the ball at all.

The game in St. Louis has been halted in the fourth inning because of rain. I'll bet they have the jacuzzis going there.

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

You might be a redneck if you have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions.

I think there are some players born to play ball.

When I joined an all-boys baseball team, my mom wasn't too happy. I proved to her (and to me) that I could do anything I set my mind to.

I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

There couldn't have been a better Hollywood ending for us. It's beyond baseball. It's rooting for your family.

Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office.

[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.

A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.

Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.

The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's ball one. Low and outside.

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game.

I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.

You might want to put this in the back of your craw and think about it.

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.

As long as I'm around playing baseball, it doesn't matter where I am, as long as it's not with the Yankees.

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

I like to use big words so people will think I know what I'm talking about.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

The great appeal of baseball, among the great appeals, it's a game without time. It is a pastoral game that is separated from time.

And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the game like a business.'