All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed high-school football, but I didn't really enjoy college football. I liked to play the games, but I didn't like… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
I'd like to continue to reduce the amount of balls I swing at outside the strike zone. I've been told I have… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
When I say my mission is to make polo bigger, I don't expect it to be baseball, but for sure to bring… — Nacho Figueras Copy Share Image
I help others when I'm in the lineup, whether I'm getting on base or if there's guys on base they have to… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least… — Bob Verdi Copy Share Image
Coaching third with a pitcher on base is like being a member of a bomb disposal squad. The thing could blow up… — Rocky Bridges Copy Share Image
I don't care if it's our Cy Young or if we're getting blown out in the eighth inning - I'm going to… — Kyle Schwarber Copy Share Image
The days of me playing third base like I used to - I don't want to say are behind me, but it's… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
What's funny is I still, more than anything, get recognized for 'The Mighty Ducks.' I love it. When I was younger, I… — Elden Henson Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the professional sports in the U.S. have sanctioning bodies. The National Football League, Major League Baseball, the Professional… — Jon Fitch Copy Share Image
I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the… — Bronson Arroyo Copy Share Image
When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
I think I could don a baseball uniform and play with anybody who ever played the game and be successful. That's just… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
“If a runner is scoring the winning run in a game (because it is the last half of the last inning of… — Dan Formosa Copy Share Image
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the… — Christy Mathewson Copy Share Image
I've been wanting to do a book about baseball for the longest time, and nobody will let me do it. It's the… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Even in those years when we were losing, it's playing baseball for a living and having a good time. I learned a… — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
If I didn't play baseball, I probably wouldn't play a sport because i'm not really that athletic. Baseball was the one sport… — Trevor Bauer Copy Share Image
Baseball is just a game you go out every single day and try to win, go in the cage every day and… — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
I'm not executing my pitches. I'm not commanding my fastball, and I get behind in the count. When I try to throw… — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
Scott Boras, I've known for a long time. We were both in the Cardinals organization. I'm a lot older than Scott. He's… — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
If a team wants me to go to the minors to get ready and prepare, that's what I'm going to do and… — Aroldis Chapman Copy Share Image
I'm always trying to help the team win. Just trying to help the pitcher out on defense and all those guys who… — Nolan Arenado Copy Share Image
For me, the strike zone has always been, If it's something I can drive, it's most likely a strike. I feel like… — Aaron Judge Copy Share Image
He's not anybody's clone. He's Ken Griffey, Jr. As long as he continues to remind himself of that, he's going to be… — Chili Davis Copy Share Image
I love to play baseball. And when you love something, you want to do the best you can. So I feel like… — Carlos Correa Copy Share Image
I'm not ever going to be a big bat flip guy. I don't really care. But the guy on the mound might… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
Ozzie Smith just made another play that I've never seen anyone else make before, and I've seen him make it more often… — Jerry Coleman Copy Share Image
“Even with the benefit of steroids most modern players still couldn't hit as many home runs as Babe Ruth hit on hotdogs.” — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Don't try to strike everybody out ... stay back and just focus on the catcher's mitt, just throw the ball low in… — Ubaldo Jimenez Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an out where I feel like they can make a pitch and they can get me out… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
It was a terrible psychic blow... Ebbets Field was replaced by a housing project. How could a father tell his son where… — Joe Flaherty Copy Share Image
When I went to home plate in a game-tied situation or with a chance to do something and help the ballclub win… — Reggie Jackson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Miami watching baseball down there, so you could see it from one extreme to the next. It was… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
“Perry would disown me for wearing a Yankees sweatshirt, but he would never know, and I was too cold to care about… — Kim Harrington Copy Share Image
When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. Vance Law… — Bob Lemon Copy Share Image
I enjoyed hitting in the Major Leagues more than in the Minor Leagues. I didn't want to tell anybody it was easier,… — Willie McCovey Copy Share Image
I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited… — Yogi Berra Copy Share Image
