Baseball Quotes · Page 72

Sometimes you have to throw 120 pitches to figure yourself out.

— Max Scherzer

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.

— Charley Lau

I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive.

— Roberto Clemente

Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

— Jerry Coleman

I'm going to keep playing baseball, and play it hard every day.

— Juan Soto

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

— Herbert Hoover

I didn't grow up being a performer, really. I played baseball.

— Morgan Wallen

To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and…

— Bill Dickey

Sure, it's nice to win. But there's only one thing that's important to me and that's the money we're going to get,…

— Vida Blue

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's…

— Mickey Mantle

I'm not devastated over a baseball game. If somebody came to me and said, 'Your wife is terminally ill.' Or, if my…

— Tom Glavine

I played basketball and baseball up until college, yea. Then I lost my discipline and started chasing girls and whatnot.

— Omar Benson Miller

To me, a hockey player has to be every sport rolled into one: ice skater, baseball player, football player, etc. It's just…

— Vinnie Paul

I didn't run from the situation. I didn't hide the ordeal from the reporters like the sissy baseball players. I fought it…

— James Toney

After I won the Heisman a lot of people were thinking I probably wouldn't set foot on a baseball field, but I…

— Jameis Winston

“A good catcher is, shall we say, a dime a dozen, but a great catcher is worth her weight in gold. A…

— Jim Bain

You don't have to win the same way to be successful. The more you can show that you win a game in…

— Alex Cora

My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the…

— James McNerney

Praise the name of baseball. The word will set captives free. The word will open the eyes of the blind. The word…

— W. P. Kinsella

I could not have taken what he took, sliding into second base and having a guy stand over you and spit on…

— Vernon Law

You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a…

— Bill Bryson

I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will.…

— George Will

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come…

— David Beckham

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business.

— Tommy Henrich

He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed…it's like he has cork in his arms.

— Pete Rose

There's not many guys that can pitch at the top of the rotation floating around the league.

— Jake Arrieta

If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?

— Doug Harvey

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

— Dan Quisenberry

The pace of play is very important whether I'm watching baseball, tennis or golf.

— Pam Shriver

I was happy to be drafted. I was happy to be playing professional baseball. And I was happy to be in the…

— Buster Posey

Baseball is important, but it's about fifth place behind my kids, my wife and the health of my family.

— Mike Lowell

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

— Jose Altuve

Without Cooperstown, you don't have baseball: Baseball is history.

— Brian Kilmeade

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

— Anonymous

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

— Dale Murphy

Adnan Virk and I work so well together, he's got the terrific background from hosting 'Baseball Tonight.'

— Scott Rogowsky

I always wanted to play baseball and join the circus. Now I have both.

— Graig Nettles

“America's favorite pastime is not baseball but giving unasked-for advice to new parents.”

— Harvey Karp M.D

I was actually more of a baseball and Padres fan when I was younger.

— Kendra Wilkinson