Baseball Quotes · Page 66

One of the things I've learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

— Mark Walter

Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.

— Ernest Hemingway

Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

— Chet Huntley

Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball.

— Frank Robinson

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.

— Frederick Wilcox

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

— David Ogilvy

How much exactly does it cost to buy a Mexican baseball team, ten bucks and a burrito?

— Danny Mcbride

I think the Angels could use me the most. The Angels don't have a day-to-day first baseman.

— Rod Carew

For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to…

— Hank Aaron

They examined all my organs. Some of them are quite remarkable and others are not so good. A lot of museums are…

— Casey Stengel

First of all, you want umpires to call what they see. In the case of fair or foul, the smartest thing is…

— Joe Torre

Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.

— Edd Roush

Give him a crowd, a gallery worthy of his best effort, and the old warrior will put on his show... He isn't…

— John J. Kiernan

After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the…

— Jim Evans

If you happened to be born on third base, you didn't rub it in the face of the guy who wasn't even…

— Ron Suskind

I said jokingly that if you bat like a king, you should also get out like a king; you should not be…

— Shikhar Dhawan

My father was a San Francisco firefighter. He also was an amateur artist. Art ran deep on his side of the family,…

— Keith Hernandez

Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so far.…

— Bobby Cox

“As early as 1999, Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (“Bud”) Selig had taken to calling the Oakland A’s success “an aberration,”…

— Michael Lewis

“People with proven track records in a certain area would get more believability, or decision-making weight, within that area. By recording these…

— Ray Dalio

“The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that…

— Gary Moore

When I auditioned for 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't know it was a singing movie. I didn't read the script. I go to…

— Adam DeVine

Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason…

— Eric Holder

The silliest and most tendentious of baseball writing tries to wrest profundity from the spectacle of grown men hitting a ball with…

— Stephen Jay Gould

I don't know how the 'Richie' started. My name is Richard, and they called me Dick in the minor leagues.

— Richie Allen

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

— Jake Arrieta

You have to learn how to become your pitching coach, if you don't, you don't last.

— John Smoltz

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

— Joe Garagiola

Gene Richards swings, the ball bounces foul and hits him in the head. No harm done.

— Jerry Coleman

I've always wanted to throw a first pitch out, and nothing like doing it near your hometown where you live.

— Danny Amendola

“Sparky Anderson wasn’t just my favorite manager … he was my mom’s favorite manager.”

— Tucker Elliot

Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

— Robert Benchley

It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

— Fay Vincent

Bases loaded and nobody out is a pretty impossible situation.

— Clayton Kershaw

There's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.

— David Wright

I grew up in Southern California, not too far from Dodger Stadium. And my entire family loves baseball.

— Nolan Arenado

Watching guys win the World Series looks like a lot of fun. I'd kind of like to do that.

— Clayton Kershaw

Ah wonder if anybody this side of the Atlantic has ever bought a baseball bat with playing baseball in mind.

— Irvine Welsh

The Marlins were close to signing me, but in the end my wish was to come back to the Yankees.

— Aroldis Chapman

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

— Al Leiter