Baseball Quotes · Page 129

I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning.

— Dave LaPoint

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

— Dale Long

In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it…

— Jackie Robinson

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

— Whitey Ford

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

— Leo Durocher

At one point, I was the youngest owner in major league sports.

— Paul Allen

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys…

— Casey Stengel

“Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.”

— F.W. Dupee

I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a…

— Jim Jarmusch

I'm sitting here with the Mets, and I get to throw out the first pitch. That's one of the coolest things in…

— Bill Goldberg

My dad was a baseball coach, and then I switched to softball. Baseball was all I knew until I crossed over. It…

— Jessica Mendoza

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my…

— Ted Williams

My grandma once told my mama, 'The kid's walking crazy around the cornfield, talking to himself.' I was calling ballgames.

— Keith Jackson

Getting to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series was one of the most magical experiences I think I've…

— Miranda Rae Mayo

People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following -…

— Bill Veeck

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with…

— Joe Buck

Miami awarded me with the teams Pitcher of the year as well as Rookie of the year. My career at Miami only…

— Graham Taylor

People know more about baseball players contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our childrens lives in…

— Jackson Browne

I have a lot of regrets about what I've done. If I had to do it over again, I never would have…

— Darryl Strawberry

“Laurel’s in right field, leading off. Her fielding’s crap, but she’s got a good bat.” “My fielding is not crap.” She hit…

— Nora Roberts

I still get a lot of letters from kids and parents who face different challenges and disabilities. I share some of the…

— Jim Abbott

When people discover they are no good at baseball or hockey, they put away their bats and their skates and they take…

— Peter Lynch

“were good friends. They’d maintained their friendship after Ted was out of the game. Both of them were avid fishermen, but they…

— Ben Bradlee Jr

“Hey, manager... Some kid must have left his glove here... It has his name on it... See? Right here... Willie Mays... He…

— Charles M. Schulz

“Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg.”

— Tom Swyers

You know a guy. You know what's their best pitch. But catching it - that's different.

— Carlos Ruiz

“but offered him nothing beyond that. Dodger, for his part, would remove”

— Peter David

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

— Bob Feller

I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.

— Robinson Cano

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

— Chase Utley

Watching National League pitchers trying to hit or even bunt is depressing.

— Ron Blomberg

I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.

— Carlos Ruiz

I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want.

— John Lee Hooker

You just listen to the ball and bat come together. They make an awful noise.

— Darrell Johnson

You know, it's a different deal - throwing a football as opposed to throwing a baseball.

— Drew Bledsoe

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

— Bob Feller

Certain pitches you throw, they lay off them like they knew it was coming.

— Mark Buehrle

It's not like you can aim for a home run and hit a home run.

— Hideki Matsui

“All the arguing in the world won't change the mind of the Umpire.”

— Pride of the Yankees

After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is

— Reggie Jackson