Baseball Quotes · Page 123

If the Cubs were to win (The World Series) it would be a coronary event for me.

— Steve Goodman

They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

— Jerry Coleman

The stadium is a part of the Yankees and the Yankees are a part of the stadium. That will never change.

— Chuck Knoblauch

There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm…

— Satchel Paige

I watched other boys play baseball and other games, but I was too sickly to join in the fun.

— Bruno Sammartino

I'd say that probably 95 per cent of batting is mental and decision-making.

— Steve Smith

When I was 13 I played baseball the whole summer. I never touched a pole vault pole.

— Armand Duplantis

I threw a good fastball and changeup, but a below-average curveball.

— Stephen Gostkowski

“The Mets have heart and character, and I need a man who can root for the underdog. I refuse to sleep with…

— Jennifer Probst

I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to…

— Jose Altuve

Somebody had asked me how it was to be in Atlanta, and I said that Atlanta had always been known as a…

— Matt Kemp

I would think every organization has pitchers who have good talent but just don't have what it takes to make it with…

— Phil Niekro

Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be…

— Carl Crawford

For me, I really enjoy helping out the Youth Baseball Academy. That's something that any time you're helping out the game of…

— Max Scherzer

To be honest, I never thought I'd be famous for baseball. I want to play basketball, and I could also do both…

— Mo'ne Davis

Your career goes fast, just a blink of an eye and you're an ex-baseball player, longer than you are a baseball player.…

— Clayton Kershaw

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 was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago…

— Ernie Banks

Jim Fregosi was not only one of the most respected men in baseball, he was a great man. He was a player's…

— Lenny Dykstra

I talk to people of different ages, and a guy who's 38 who says, 'I could've played Major League Baseball, but I…

— Christopher Guest

“Baseball is known for superstitious players and cursed teams—and at the root of every curse there’s a story. Boston’s curse was to…

— Tucker Elliot

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up…

— Stan Musial

I was also lucky to play for an owner, Bud Selig, who truly cared about his players. He'd call me into his…

— Robin Yount

You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in…

— Chris McCormack

Any time you play shortstop or center field, the majority of the baseballs are hit in the middle of the field.

— Aaron Judge

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life. Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

— George Carlin

Base runners in postseason games are kind of tough to deal with at times.

— Gerrit Cole

People in real life don't get ballplayers' humor, the way we talk in the clubhouse.

— Justin Verlander

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

— Chris Hogan

I thought I'd be an English teacher and a baseball coach somewhere.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

“Progress always involves risk. You can’t steal second and keep one foot on first base.”

— Adam M. Grant

The one thing is the more I play second base, the more I can work on the intricate movements of that position.

— Ben Zobrist

Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.

— Jim Brosnan

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

— Joe Garagiola

I've always enjoyed baseball, but even when I was a kid I can remember viewing it with a businesslike approach.

— Lance Berkman

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.

— William Alexander

I don't want to be gone. I don't want to be somewhere else. I consider myself a Yankee.

— Jorge Posada

Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times?

— Casey Stengel

If you get a veteran guy that's getting marginal pitches, you know you're in for a tough night and a battle.

— Alex Bregman

My introduction to sports was through baseball. That's all I knew.

— Jessica Mendoza