Baseball Quotes · Page 107

Even the slowest guy can go from first to third and help win a ballgame.

— Rickey Henderson

One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike.

— Robert Frost

Nobody's bigger than the game of baseball. You ask pitchers from 10-15-20 years ago. That's normal. Part of the game.

— Ken Rosenthal

If we can, like, be in the backyard playing baseball, I'd be the happiest kid in the world.

— Anthony Rendon

Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

— Albert Pujols

It doesn't matter if we get a hit, a walk, hit by pitch; just trying to grind out at-bats.

— Alex Bregman

Grew up in the city blowin' Ls while we winnin'. You know I'm going just had as hard in the ninth inning.

— Sammy Adams

There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.

— Casey Stengel

We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher…

— Jacob deGrom

Publishers and writers are desperate to cash in on the latest craze, be it baseball, the founding fathers or jihad. Their livelihoods…

— Norah Vincent

I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of…

— John Hickenlooper

That flow, that spark, that crown. You looking at the king of the jungle now. Stronger than ever can't hold me down.…

— Flo Rida

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you…

— Willie Stargell

Do we need to have 280 brands of breakfast cereal? No, probably not. But we have them for a reason - because…

— Bill James

Like, I played baseball with all boys. They didn't want to play catch with me. I mean, it's the story of everything…

— Jessica Mendoza

When I first signed with the Yankees, the regulars wouldn't talk to you until you were with the team three or four…

— Lefty Gomez

For several years, I have had my eye on second baseman Del Pratt of St. Louis. I cannot say that he is…

— Jacob Ruppert

I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him…

— Curt Young

The greatest competitor was Bob Gibson. He worked so fast out there and he always had the hood up. He always wanted…

— Pete Rose

Baseball and American football and hockey are all ahead because they have a history. The MLS is kind of new. So hopefully,…

— Thierry Henry

“After you pass a certain age, things you were able to do easily aren’t so easy anymore — just as a fastball…

— Haruki Murakami

“I mean, we’re talking about chocolate, for chrissake! Chocolate’s wonderful! Everyone loves it! Look at me, I’m part German! That makes me…

— Jon Sindell

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I…

— Alex Rodriguez

“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball.…

— Tucker Elliot

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

— Sandy Koufax

“To age with dignity and courage cuts close to what it is to be a man.”

— Anonymous

Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up.

— Sharon Olds

People like to have fun, and what better way to have fun than go to a football or baseball or basketball game…

— Brian Urlacher

At the end of the day, baseball is going to move on without me.

— Tommy Pham

And because I have a four-year-old son I have become a great baseball pitcher. And, you know, juggler.

— Debra Messing

There is a transition that a pitcher goes through when he goes from the American League to the National League.

— John Smoltz

I'm consistently making adjustments. You're going to have to do that in the postseason, too.

— Ben Zobrist

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

— Dwight Gooden

Despite reforms in steroid control, serious problems still occur in and out of baseball.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.

— Pat Conroy

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.

— Bill Lee

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

— Mark McGwire

A pitcher that strikes me out and screams out, I'm like, 'Yeah, celebrate, man. Celebrate. You deserve it.'

— Fernando Tatis Jr

Coonskin caps, Yankee bats, the Hound Dog man's big start. The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.

— John Fogerty

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too.

— Walter Annenberg