Baseball Quotes · Page 68

“I play my position, heart held behind my back-- I'm the pitcher.. sometimes I throw them no hitters..”

— Shanica Stewart

But the last time the Cubs won a National League pennant Was the year we dropped the bomb on Japan

— Steve Goodman

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

— Derek Jeter

My career spanned the era when relievers started to become more important

— Dennis Eckersley

In the salary-cap-free world of MLB, you get what you pay for... but only if you pay the most.

— Tom Morello

I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.

— Matthew Modine

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

— Tom Seaver

I mean the home run king, to me, is Hank Aaron, but statistically, it's Barry Bonds.

— Joe Buck

Watching baseball under the lights is like observing dogs indoors, at a pedigree show. In both instances, the environment is too controlled…

— Melvin Maddocks

One of the reasons I wear No. 2 is because of him. Yeah, he was ultimate team guy. He was a winner.…

— Alex Bregman

He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his…

— Jimmy Cannon

It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as…

— Jack Buck

My changeup looks like a fastball, but one goes straight and the other goes away from the righthanded hitter. Sometimes it cuts…

— Johan Santana

People ask me if I put pressure on myself. Honestly, I don't. To me, pressure creates distractions and there is no time…

— Carlos Correa

Whenever you don't have a good game, whether you're a starter, reliever, whatever, you definitely want to get out there again as…

— Brad Lidge

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball…

— Anonymous

As a kid, I grew up on a farm in Florida, and I did what most little kids do. I played a…

— Rodney Mullen

The pitcher has the ball, and nothing happens until he lets go of it. So as the batter, I felt I had…

— Reggie Jackson

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is…

— Frank Robinson

People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in…

— Jackson Browne

Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in…

— Roger Angell

Making money isn't the main point of business. Money is a by-product… A new product has been found, something of use to…

— Humphrey Bogart

I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball…

— Mark Teixeira

“Very few who manage a big league club are successful, fewer still are the ones who experience success over an extended period…

— Tucker Elliot

I just mind my business and do what I have to do to get ready for the baseball season.

— Ken Griffey Jr

I don't consider playing baseball a job. I have too much fun.

— Ryan Zimmerman

If I was just a guy who hit 24 home runs and drove in 100, I wouldn't be a special player.

— Joey Votto

I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

— Bob Sheppard

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

— Herbert Hoover

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

— Ty Cobb

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

— Joe Torre

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

— Pete Rose

Mike Caldwell, the Padres' right-handed southpaw, will pitch tonight.

— Jerry Coleman

I think that, because of the way I catch, that I'm one of the best catchers to have ever played baseball.

— Yadier Molina

At the Home Run Derby, you're expected to hit home runs. You're up there trying to hit home runs.

— Frank Thomas

I get on base by making good contact with the ball. But whenever I hit a home run, I'm as surprised as…

— Amos Otis

Obviously that's what you want to do, play baseball and be, at some point, a Hall of Famer.

— Carlos Correa

I think I throw the ball as hard as anyone. The ball just doesn't get there as fast.

— Eddie Bane

Baseball, while you're doing it, you think it's going to last forever.

— Joe Torre

He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.

— Ty Cobb