Baseball Quotes · Page 102

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

— Pete Rose

Baseball's just something that's always been a part of my family. My dad did it, my brother did it, I grew up…

— Eddy Alvarez

When I got to the stadium, one of my biggest things was watching video of hitters.

— Bengie Molina

My hair was falling out so I got in the habit of wearing a hat. And I didn't like baseball caps so…

— Jamie Hyneman

I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love.

— Billy Martin

All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium.

— Ralph Kiner

We didn't do anything fancy. We just played blue-collar baseball.

— Lou Piniella

“Ninety percent of baseball is mental, the other half is physical.”

— Yogi Berra

Brace yourself if you're a traditional hitting coach, I'm about to say something that will hurt your feelings. The best baseball swing…

— Gabe Kapler

I'm versatile. You won't see none of the others put on a XXL T-shirt with a do-rag and baseball cap and then…

— Da Brat

Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is…

— Nate Silver

Dodger Stadium is not an antique. It's not Frank Lloyd Wright. It's a nice place to play baseball, but there are far…

— Alan Casden

“Being the focus of Sloane’s attention was like having a record-winning fastball speeding toward your face. On the one hand, you had…

— Eli Easton

Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams,…

— Gil Hodges

He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it,…

— Brooks Robinson

I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot…

— Chadwick Boseman

Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone ... whose best days are ahead of him. He's not coming…

— Theo Epstein

I've been fortunate to be on two teams that have won the World Series. I've had a chance to go through that…

— Buster Posey

I've been around baseball for a really long time. I didn't know I could want to be here any more than I…

— Dave Martinez

Right now what's in my mind is going up there and being disciplined. I was swinging at so many pitches out of…

— Sammy Sosa

I think baseball is a great support to people who have emotional voids, gaps, emotional difficulties. That is to say: all of…

— Thomas Boswell

If you hit a routine fly ball in the big leagues, you're out every time. If you hit a ground ball, you're…

— Christian Yelich

Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb...…

— Douglas MacArthur

When I'm in the game [softball], it's not so much mechanics. It's more of just trusting my teammates, trusting myself, trusting my…

— Jennie Finch

Ten years from now I will tell you how I feel about umpires.

— Carlos Zambrano

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

— Sandy Koufax

Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.

— Cal Hubbard

I think it would be pretty cool, whether it would be basketball or baseball, playing for a national team.

— Pat Connaughton

Baseball was my goal from a young age, but gambling had significantly fewer barriers to entry.

— James Holzhauer

“I have a memory like a baseball glove, so please, don’t toss me a basketball-sized rumination.”

— Jarod Kintz

When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.

— Bobby Thomson

At the end of the day, the most important goal is to get to the World Series and to win the World…

— Manny Machado

Baseball is just a game, obviously, but it means a lot to a lot of different people.

— Clayton Kershaw

I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

— John Smoltz

I was a good fielder in the gully in my college days. But in the outfield, I was not such a good…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

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

— Hanley Ramirez

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

— Tommy Lasorda

“You can rationalise a baseball bat, but it still drastically changes the shape of your head. Three”

— Jason Arnopp

I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didnt exist there.

— Finn Wittrock