Baseball Quotes · Page 121

Baseball was a metaphor for America, both here and in terms of how it was understood by the rest of the world.

— Harrison Ford

My dad hit 152 home runs and that's the person I wanted to be like. My hero growing up.

— Ken Griffey Jr

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

— Jose Canseco

It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

— Pete Rose

Young Frank Pastore may have pitched the biggest victory of 1979. Maybe the biggest victory of the year!

— Jerry Coleman

You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.

— Lefty Grove

Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going.

— David Cone

In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.

— Jackie Robinson

When people ask me, "Who was the toughest pitcher you ever faced?", I have to say that there has never been a…

— Pete Rose

I had my share of failures at the plate as a MLB player, but I was always pretty confident against left-handed pitching.

— Gabe Kapler

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to…

— Matt Kemp

I wouldn't throw all spitballs. I'd go maybe two or three innings without throwing a spitter, but I always had them looking…

— Stan Coveleski

To have three World Series titles and to have gone to another, to be to four World Series and win three of…

— Brandon Crawford

I am through with baseball forever. I have my farm and my home and enough to take care of me, so why…

— Eddie Plank

He (Jackie Robinson) knew he had to do well. He knew that the future of blacks in baseball depended on it. The…

— Duke Snider

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just…

— Hank Aaron

“The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had blue laws that didn’t allow bars to be open on Sunday. No stores were open. It was…

— Charles Brandt

In 2002, the Cincinnati Reds selected me with the 44th pick in the Major League Baseball draft. At 18 years of age,…

— Joey Votto

Do you play football?' Brandon asks. 'No.' 'Baseball?' 'Nope.' Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer…

— Simone Elkeles

I grew up on 23, country music highway, which is a stretch of road where Ricky Skaggs and Dwight Yoakam and Loretta…

— Tyler Childers

There's not a sport or activity in life where you have a really hard grip, you actually do better. Whether it's baseball…

— Lloyd Blankfein

Growing up as a little kid and being a Giants fan and wanting to play shortstop for the Giants and all that,…

— Brandon Crawford

It seems women are expected to be so much more than men, which means we have to work that much harder. We're…

— Carrie Underwood

Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season.…

— Tom Seaver

I don't believe there's a baseball job that I couldn't take care of.

— Don Cooper

Many people think the Cards at the end of the wire will cross the finish line first.

— Jerry Coleman

I don't like the designated hitter. A guy who plays should be able to catch and hit.

— Marge Schott

Striking out bothers me when you've got guys on base and you're making unproductive outs.

— Chipper Jones

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

— K. L. Rahul

“I watch baseball on TV like my cat watches the window. Somebody open the blinds so we can see better!”

— Jarod Kintz

The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.

— Tony La Russa

My relationship with George Steinbrenner was great. He was the boss, and I accepted that.

— Joe Torre

You know what they say about big hitters...the woods are full of them.

— Jimmy Demaret

Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.

— Red Barber

I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.

— Kyler Murray

We don't have a Roberto Clemente without Jackie Robinson. That's it.

— Alex Cora

Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.

— Paul Waner

A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.

— Bob Gibson

I don't have hate in my heart. I don't hate any person, place or thing...but I hate the Yankees.

— Michael Chiklis

Baseball lasts as long as it takes. Like life, like love, baseball exists in real time.

— Carol Tavris