Baseball player Quotes · Page 4

Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional Baseball player, instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.

— Casey Kasem

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.

— Charley Lau

I was a good athlete, a good baseball player. A great baseball player, I should say.

— Donovan Mitchell

I am a baseball player and I enjoy getting batters out and that is what I want to continue doing.

— Yu Darvish

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a…

— Nolan Ryan

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

— John Malkovich

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

— Ben Chandler

I think back to playing the accordion, there was no reason to believe I would be a baseball player.

— John Smoltz

I think I could have become an outstanding professional baseball player, but I don't think I could have reached the heights that…

— Joe Namath

Isn't it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we're doing what we're doing…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became…

— Willie Mays

I am not merely a baseball player. I am a black man who has done what he wants, gotten what he wanted,…

— Reggie Jackson

I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third…

— Alan Ritchson

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times.…

— Mickey Mantle

That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can be a baseball player,…

— Ryan Guzman

I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third…

— Alan Ritchson

He means as much as Roberto Clemente does to Latin people. Thank God I had the opportunity to know him. I wish…

— Albert Pujols

Being a baseball player is most important, first and foremost. Obviously, there are other obligations that come with everything. You just need…

— Christian Yelich

I did a more serious turn in a movie called 'Moneyball.' It's a baseball movie, where I play the character of Scott…

— Chris Pratt

You know how in sports baseball players, they hit home runs. Football players, they throw and they score touchdowns. I get to…

— Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

If they had rankings in baseball, maybe I would have been able to do the math and figure out my chances of…

— Jim Courier

If you're a baseball player and you're on the mound, you don't ever want to look up in the stands if somebody…

— Tiger Woods

I don't know of any other organization that's raised more money than golf has, because if you are a baseball player, you're…

— Lee Trevino

In Hollywood, for me, it's all about the movie stars and the singers. Baseball players don't draw too much attention; we're low…

— Matt Kemp

I'm human and I've played my butt off for ten years. I'm not a loafer, I'm not a jerk, I'm a baseball…

— Reggie Jackson

Why do people sing Take Me Out to The Ballgame when they're already there?

— Alex Rodriguez

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

— Jake Arrieta

I'm a baseball player. Not being able to play baseball certainly was a lonely thing.

— Hideki Matsui

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid. And if the hitter is timid, he has to remind the…

— Don Drysdale

I took notes a lot as a baseball player, and I take notes a lot as a golfer.

— John Smoltz

“I can’t wait to knock you up and have a whole team of little baseball players around this place!”

— J. Sterling

I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.

— Gerald R. Ford

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

— Dale Murphy

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

— Dan Quisenberry

“baseball players. Football, maybe. Not baseball, not built the way they were: thick”

— Reed Farrel Coleman

Being a major-league baseball player is tough, so whenever you say 'face of the franchise,' I'm not trying to be that.

— Billy Butler

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

— Ken Harrelson

It's time to cut off visas for foreign baseball players and return our national pastime to Americans.

— Phyllis Schlafly

When I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics.

— Rod Lurie