Baseball Quotes · Page 132

I love art because it doesn't have rules like baseball. The only rule is to be good. That's the toughest thing to…

— Harry Callahan

When I got out of baseball, I got all the way out. I might watch a World Series game or something.

— Rollie Fingers

Family is everything. It is even more important than baseball.

— Luis Tiant

I love going to the mound every fifth day to help my team win games.

— Chris Sale

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

— Rickey Henderson

I collected baseball and football cards. My most valuable was probably a Mark McGwire rookie card.

— Matt Cassel

I became a Yankees fan for a few years. But now, I gotta say, I'm really rooting for the Red Sox.

— Jimmy Fallon

“In 1973, the New York Yankees became the first team to use a designated hitter (often referred to as the “DH”).”

— Dan Formosa

I probably would have never made it through college without baseball, so I'm thankful for that. I really am proud that I…

— Frankie Ballard

“Chipper Jones will be in the Hall of Fame. The #1 overall pick in the 1990 draft, Chipper will be remembered as…

— Tucker Elliot

As American as an apple is and as American as baseball is, they don't go together. You can't be chewing an apple…

— Kevin James

Baseball, like some other sports, poses as a sacred institution dedicated to the public good, but it is actually a big, selfish…

— Jackie Robinson

The simple approach is that if I stay aggressive, I'll hit less often with two strikes in the count. I've been aggressive,…

— Curtis Granderson

You always want to score and get as many runs as you can, but certainly not at the expense of the team,…

— Kane Williamson

The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league…

— Chuck Tanner

There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing…

— Bobby Thomson

I had started law school at Florida State University as a part-timer. I would go two quarters, and they allowed me to…

— Tony La Russa

The greatest single moment Ive ever known in Detroit was Jim Northrups triple in the seventh game of the World Series in…

— Ernie Harwell

Sometimes we're going to take marginal pitches on the edges and get called out on strike, but we want to get a…

— Alex Bregman

If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book…

— Bill Simmons

I'm interested in the sculptural experience, glass, marble, colored bricks, stones, wood. There's no stadium out there that approximates it [the Marlins']…

— Jeffrey Loria

So who or what is to blame for baseball games that go on forever? Two oft-cited culprits are constant replay calls and…

— Mary Pilon

Stealing home is one of the most sensational plays in baseball. If the run thus scored is the winning tally, the play…

— Billy Evans

“Baseball isn't just a game. It's life being played out on a field—a field of dreams—on diamonds of green, where players pursuing…

— Tom Tatum

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

— Greg Maddux

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

— Hank Aaron

Jacques Rudolph at the moment is using the inside edge as much as the middle of the bat.

— Ian Botham

Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.

— Toby Harrah

It's a blessing from God, to be here in the big leagues and play baseball like I have.

— Juan Soto

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

— Bert Campaneris

“You know, they call third base the ‘hot corner.’ I think our third baseman might be the reason.”

— Rachel Hawthorne

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

— Martina Hingis

There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.

— Eddie Plank

Baseball is baseball, whether you are playing in High A or Double-A or the Major Leagues.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Fill in any figure you want for that boy (Mickey Mantle). Whatever the figure, it's a deal.

— Branch Rickey

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

People ask me, "What would you be doing without baseball?" I don't know... super-sizing fries?

— Jason Giambi

If he can hit, he can hit. I don't care if he came from Class Z league.

— Frank Robinson

It's an honor to get compliments from anybody associated with baseball.

— Trea Turner

When a professional baseball team asks you to throw out the first pitch, that's an honor, and you do it.

— Bubba Watson