Baseball Quotes · Page 120

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.

— Wade Boggs

I've played the outfield my whole life. It's like riding a bike.

— Cody Bellinger

When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart.

— Tim McCarver

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

— Phyllis Diller

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.

— Jacques Barzun

It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.

— Mickey Gilley

“Plea to the early 1960's NY Mets. "Can't anyone here play this game?”

— Casey Stengel

“if Pedro is talking?” Ruiz didn’t say anything. “They might be tracking his cell. The hitter”

— Tyler Dilts

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

— George Pataki

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it,…

— Ty Cobb

Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've…

— Pete Rose

I'm in limbo. The baseball people are like, 'Oh, he's basketball athletic.' The basketball people are like, 'Well, he plays baseball, so…

— Pat Connaughton

People ask me why I became an actor, and the truth is that once you get cut from the baseball team, you…

— Mike O'Malley

You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that.

— Joe Maddon

If a tree falls in the woods and no one's around to hear it, it still very probably makes a sound. A…

— Carson Cistulli

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people…

— Adam DeVine

As Major League Baseball struggles to overcome its staid image and lure younger fans - according to Nielsen, most of the sport's…

— Mina Kimes

In the glory days of Orioles, when I was a newbie baseball writer for the Post, the roster of talkers was as…

— Jane Leavy

On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something…

— Vin Scully

Tennis is interesting. I feel, in terms of stats and stuff, maybe we're a little bit behind the curve, especially me just…

— Kevin Anderson

I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports…

— Clint Howard

In-depth reporting is expensive. It is much cheaper to have people sit around or on remotes and talk about politics like it's…

— Robert Kane Pappas

“There are many ways to measure a manager’s success and contributions to a franchise ... but in this case the two numbers…

— Tucker Elliot

Too bad integration didn't come sooner, because there were so many ballplayers that could have made the major leagues. That's why, you…

— Hank Aaron

Baseball was the escape. I played all throughout my childhood.

— Anthony Ramos

Progress always involves risks. You cant steal second base and keep your foot on first.

— Anonymous

My dream holiday would be a) a ticket to Amsterdam b) immunity from prosecution and c) a baseball bat.

— Terry Pratchett

The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

“His lips are against my ear and I feel the warmth of his body surrounding me, caging me in, comforting me.”

— Collette West

Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.

— Joe Schultz

Next time you want to hit me hit me with a baseball bat or a crowbar!

— Stephenie Meyer

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.

— Jerry Coleman

I've waited a long time to be part of a franchise like this [the Yankees].

— Mark Teixeira

The integrity of the game is the umpires. Nobody else. The entire integrity of the game is the umpires.

— Doug Harvey

On this special Fathers Day, we'd like to wish all of you a very Happy Birthday.

— Ralph Kiner

It all comes down to when spring training comes. Do you want to go or don't you? If you want to go,…

— Chili Davis

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force…

— Mariano Rivera

I was a tomboy. And one of my first recollections of great success was playing baseball with the boys.

— Linda McMahon

I played right field in Minor Leagues a lot before I started playing centerfield.

— Cody Bellinger

I struggled a lot in the Minor Leagues, and I learned to not give at-bats away.

— Fernando Tatis Jr