Baseball Quotes · Page 65

Early in the count, before two strikes, I'm not going to be as aggressive on certain pitches.

— Brandon Crawford

I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

— Yogi Berra

There are some people who might look better if you smacked them in the head with a baseball bat.

— Jared Leto

You know I could get hit with a baseball bat and it don't mean nothing.

— Jorge Masvidal

One percent of ballplayers are leaders of men. The other 99 percent are followers of women.

— John McGraw

There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from The New York Times.

— George W. Bush

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

— Jackie Robinson

The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.

— Jimmy Smits

Baseball was popular in the summer, but hockey was big most of the time. With five brothers, you never escaped it. We…

— Anne Murray

I might have a great game hitting, but if I'm not having a great game fielding, if I feel like I let…

— Ben Zobrist

My main focus is, 'What can I do today to help the team win the ballgame?' You have those blinders on. It…

— Aaron Judge

Catfish Hunter was a man among men. He was a genuine person. There was nothing phony about him. I learned a lot…

— Vida Blue

At the end of the day, all we're trying to do is get the hitter off balance. Get him in a position…

— Jake Arrieta

You only have such a short time to play baseball in your career. Whether you play for five years or 15 years,…

— Christian Yelich

My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren…

— Warren Giles

Some men like to go in for polo, for example, and spend thousands of dollars on ponies. Some go nuts for paintings,…

— Tom Yawkey

We lived near a playground that had four baseball diamonds on it, and when I got to be 11, 12 years old,…

— Bobby Doerr

If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the…

— Edward Snowden

All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball…

— Mike Royko

“You’re not going to always hit a home run in life. You’re going to strike out! You’re going to walk to the…

— Ron Baratono

“Seemingly every year at least one of the league’s top sluggers can be found in Boston’s lineup—and often times more than one.…

— Tucker Elliot

Hey, it's been a great ride for me, a great life. Everything I have I owe to baseball. Baseball owes me nothin'.…

— Don Zimmer

It makes no difference to me what kind of bat I have. For instance, I often grab the first bat I come…

— Joe Kelley

The goals is to create a really high 'floor' for this organization, where the 'off' years are years where you might win…

— Theo Epstein

I love baseball - 'Moneyball' was my favorite book when I was 13.

— Dylan O'Brien

I like to score and drive in runs more than pay attention to batting average.

— Alex Rodriguez

I grew up in Imperial Beach, surfing and going to the beach - my son plays baseball at the park.

— Sonny Sandoval

However you score runs, whether it's walking and getting on base or whatever... I want to score runs.

— Marcus Semien

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

— Mickey Mantle

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

— Stan Musial

If I had planned to score double and triple hundreds, I would probably not have made them ever.

— Virender Sehwag

Make sure you value the outs. You get 27 in a nine-inning game. Each out is very important.

— Alex Cora

American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

— George Brett

Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!

— Andy Roddick

Everybody in the world is going to know I played 20 years for the Atlanta Braves, but that doesn't change my broadcast.

— John Smoltz

I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.

— Ted Williams

The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field.

— Stan Musial

The Rays are a team to be reckoned with. These guys are getting better and better each year.

— Cliff Floyd

We want to play good baseball, especially at home in front of our fans.

— Brandon Crawford

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose