Baseball Quotes

I only had a high school education and believe me, I had to cheat to get that.

We're the best team in baseball, but not by much.

Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in the toilet and flush it.

I've tried them all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.

Baseball is 50% from the neck up

Hitting is fifty percent above the shoulders.

If I could run like Mantle I'd hit .400 every year!

Baseball means Spring's Here. Football means Winter's Coming.

Any person claiming to be a baseball fan who does not also claim to have invented the quickest, simplest and most complete method of keeping score probably is a fraud.

Baseball is religion without the mischief.

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don't run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.

I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have potentially.

Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you.

Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.

Catfish Hunter was a man among men. He was a genuine person. There was nothing phony about him. I learned a lot from him, both on and off the baseball field.

After the strike, I lost interest. In reality, neither players nor owners care in the least about the fans. The greed of both factions has destroyed baseball's credibility, at least for the present.

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.

Baseball isn't a business; it's more like a disease.

We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game - it, and high taxes.

You could see the flames and the outer skin of the spacecraft glowing; and burning, baseball size chunks flying off behind us. It was an eerie feeling, like being a gnat inside a blowtorch flame.

I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop.

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you can't think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can.

What Time Is It? You Mean Now?

Nobody did nothin' to nobody.

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.

It's fun; baseball's fun.

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.

Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.

Everyone thinks I'm this jock of a woman, but I didn't play any sports. I didn't even let my kids play baseball because I was afraid they were going to get hit by balls.

At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. I think I got to a certain age where I decided I'd rather be a baseball player than a musician. Now, like most kids, I regret it.

I'm merely a baseball player, guys. In the great scheme of things, my thoughts, opinions and attitudes are of little importance.

Honestly, I'm on the road so much that I never really get a chance to go to baseball games.

You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then, just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

In my opinion I really haven't done anything yet. I still have a lot to prove. I just want to prove to myself that I can play at the highest level of baseball in the world every day.

Was Ty Cobb psychotic throughout his baseball career? The answer is yes.

Baseball has a funny way to tap you on the shoulder when you least expect it and tells you it's the end.

You always dream about being on a baseball card. It's kind of funny when you finally see it.

It baseball is an American institution and more lasting than some marriages, war, Supreme Court decisions and even major depressions

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there aren't many individuals. About the only difference is that baseball players get to stay in nice hotels instead of barracks.

Baseball is a boy's game that makes grown men cry.

When the Supreme Court says baseball isn't run like a business, everybody jumps up and down with joy. When I say the same thing, everybody throws pointy objects at me.

People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following - but I'll bet Lancelot had more.