Baseball Quotes · Page 63

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

— Tris Speaker

The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'

— Rod Laver

Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

— Robert Smith

Living in Los Angeles and having three little kids, it's hard following the Orioles.

— Pam Shriver

What you have to remember is that baseball isn't a week or a month but a season - and a season is…

— Chuck Tanner

I root for the Yankees, so I like to play for a first-place team.

— Ed Henry

When you win you eat better, sleep better and your beer tastes better. And your wife looks like Gina Lollobrigida.

— Johnny Pesky

There are a lot of pitchers in baseball who should celebrate his life and what he did for the game of baseball.

— Tommy John

I thought some of the stories were neat; I liked some of the liturgy and some of the songs. If you're a…

— John Irving

I don't think baseball can abandon the Miami market. If MLB does let that market go vacant, I think it'll be one…

— Andrew Zimbalist

The dreams are that you're gonna have a great series and win. The nightmares are that you're gonna let the winning run…

— Bill Buckner

You have to be out there and have a mound presence. You have to be real aggressive and be real confident. You…

— Eric Gagne

I got into a car accident and couldn't play baseball, hockey, and basketball. We stuck with golf for a little while, and…

— Brooks Koepka

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed,…

— Ty Cobb

Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

— Ted Williams

It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and…

— Bob Costas

The Giants have won. They have won the World Series for the third time in five years. And Madison Bumgarner has firmly…

— Jon Miller

Well, I mean, I like to be pretty athletic off the mound in terms of taking care of my job, which is…

— Gerrit Cole

Jim Fregosi will be deeply missed in the baseball world. Joni and the rest of the family are in our prayers. Fregos,…

— Darren Daulton

The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body…

— Frank Deford

Everybody in the league knew I had trouble with the inside pitch. I got away with it only because the great majority…

— Reggie Jackson

Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a sense, and then the way they wanted…

— Jose Canseco

Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever,…

— Jimmy Connors

I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I…

— Hank Aaron

The main quality a great third base coach must have is a fast runner.

— Rocky Bridges

“I have struck out more times than I can count, but I have hit many home runs as well". ~R. Alan Woods {2013]”

— R. Alan Woods

You don't protect Mark McGwire. The only way to protect him is hit 70 homers yourself.

— Eric Davis

I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.

— Pedro Martinez

Never say never in this game because crazy stuff can happen.

— Mark Buehrle

Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

— Willie Stargell

A World Series. The ultimate goal. That's the one at the top. That's the one that great players reach.

— Fernando Tatis Jr

Pete Rose inspired my style of play, but should not be in the Hall of Fame.

— Gabe Kapler

Baseball is the best announcer game, the game that I first enjoyed playing, and the game I had a passion for.

— Dick Enberg

For a woman to play within baseball, they just need to play well.

— Jessica Mendoza

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

— Sidney Poitier

Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played.

— Burleigh Grimes

It's tempting, because as one senator said to me, 'We know if we invite baseball down, we'll draw a crowd'.

— Fay Vincent

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

— William Levy

If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.

— Chuck Tanner

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good.

— Herbert Hoover