Baseball Quotes

There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.

If I weren't playing baseball, I would be a radio or sports broadcaster. In college at South Carolina I did some stuff with the radio station and really liked it.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

I've been playing baseball since I was four. I've got baseball in my blood. I love baseball.

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player.

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

I once tried playing baseball but I started crying.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

True baseball fans do not cheer for their teams to win; they cheer for them not to lose. Victory does not come with joy, it comes with relief. Losing causes only pain.

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

I have fun. I always have fun. I don't really get in a hurry about anything. I just try to go with the flow and have fun, and that's how I try to play baseball.

Baseball is part of America's plot, part of America's mysterious, underlying design-the plot in which we all conspire and collude, the plot of the story of our national life.

I always wanted to do a baseball book; I love baseball. The problem is that a very large part of my following is in non-baseball playing countries.

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon.

To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.

If you can't outsmart people, outwork them.

Rules are made to be broken, so there won't be any rules.

So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball.

It's amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain

The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.

Mr. that boy couldn't hit the ground if he fell out of an airplane.

I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win.

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as good as we think we are.

You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.

Bench me or trade me.

I was better at baseball, but I really loved football.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

If you want to get off this team you have to take a number.

Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!

The more baseball the better. It is a healthful sport and develops team play and initiative, plus an independent attitude.

The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president of anything. He could have been president of Major League Baseball.

Does one eat peanuts at a ball game?' 'It ain't hardly legal if you don't.

When I get on the field, it's just going to be another game, You get out there and it's just baseball.

Baseball is like this. Have one good year and you can fool them for five more, because for five more years they expect you to have another good one.

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story.

Every life lesson is on that baseball field.

The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.

Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.

I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park.

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

What pitching is in a short series in baseball, goaltending is in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

We started with 53,000 people. Half are gone, but surprisingly, most are still here!