How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. — Branch Rickey Copy Share Image
When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed. — Jennie Finch Copy Share Image
The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself. — Burleigh Grimes Copy Share Image
If it was up to me personally, I'd like to stay in the leadoff spot, simply because I like hitting there. — Ronald Acuna Jr Copy Share Image
To be able to play baseball for those nine innings in front of a major league crowd is a special privilege. — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power. — Leo Durocher Copy Share Image
People say baseball players should go out and have fun. No way. To me, baseball is pressure, I always feel it. This… — Dennis Eckersley Copy Share Image
As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value of… — Vernon Wells Copy Share Image
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the… — Zack Wheat Copy Share Image
The main thing you want to look at is, am I swinging at strikes and am I putting good swings on the… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
Is Coors Field a good park to hit in? Yeah. So are Wrigley Field and Camden Yards. I didn't design Coors Field-I… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
As a catcher, you have to put your focus on what you're doing defensively. You learn how to put your at-bats aside… — Buster Posey Copy Share Image
One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls… — Satchel Paige Copy Share Image
There is no chance of night baseball ever being popular in the bigger cities. People there are educated to see the best… — Clark Griffith Copy Share Image
“Tornado Strike!” In the center, I ran around in circles at a blindingly fast pace. Dust kicked up and swirled in the… — Steve the Noob Copy Share Image
Bert Blyleven certainly was a starting pitcher that had tremendous success in the big leagues. Jimmy Rice, this guy if you had… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I'm a really smart player. If you tell me something, I get it quickly. If there is something wrong with my hitting,… — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
If your goal is to maximize the amount of impact that you have on the world, that has pretty strong implications for… — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
If you seriously aspire to be a manager in the big leagues, there is a baseball 'book' that one must learn. Alongside… — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
Ken Griffey changed the game, but he also represented pop culture and the youth - how he wore his hat backwards, how… — Russell Wilson Copy Share Image