In baseball, I was always in control of everything until I let the ball go. — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage. — Pedro Martinez Copy Share Image
Never wear a backward baseball cap to an interview unless applying for the job of umpire. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game. — Rickey Henderson Copy Share Image
“In 1973, the New York Yankees became the first team to use a designated hitter (often referred to as the “DH”).” — Dan Formosa Copy Share Image
Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready. — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
I collected baseball and football cards. My most valuable was probably a Mark McGwire rookie card. — Matt Cassel Copy Share Image
One could argue that the Boston Red Sox were the American League team of the first quarter of the 20th century. The… — Harry Enten Copy Share Image
When you play this game twenty years, go to bat ten-thousand times, and get three-thousand hits, do you know what that means?… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
The number one priority is playing baseball. There are so many people in New York trying to get you to do this… — Derek Jeter Copy Share Image
I believe that the racial injustice which existed such a short time ago probably would have persisted longer if the color barrier… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I'd definitely say I've gotten better, especially better with strike-zone judgment. That's a huge part of the game of baseball. — Xander Bogaerts Copy Share Image
Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to… — Joe DiMaggio Copy Share Image
You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark.… — Johnny Bench Copy Share Image
When I see players like Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Robinson Cano, and Miguel Cabrera, I see they have a good season, but… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
I think that's one of the things you start learning from being hot and playing every day at the beginning, you know.… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
For a while I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher, and then I wanted to be a musician and then sometimes… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
During the years I was still playing, I would go to Puerto Rico in the winter and manage. When the day came,… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
Baseball players tend to have something like 20 good years in them and then around their mid-thirties they aren't in the same… — Michael Cera Copy Share Image
Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was… — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
For me, all my negative thoughts that I have about, 'How did you miss that pitch? Why did you miss that pitch?… — Aaron Judge Copy Share Image
I've tried not to exaggerate the glory of athletes. I'd rather, if I could, preserve a sense of proportion, to write about… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
To be good you've gotta have a lot of little boy in you. When you see Willie Mays and Ted Williams jumping… — Roy Campanella Copy Share Image
