“Worrying about things you can't control is a waste both on the baseball field and in life.” — Tom Swyers Copy Share Image
Pitching for the Boston Red Sox proved to be one of the few challenges in my career that I was unable to… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
Baseball is all I ever wanted. I could eat, sleep, and dream baseball. — Smoky Joe Wood Copy Share Image
I could ask the Phillies to keep me on to add to my statistics, but my love for the game won't let… — Mike Schmidt Copy Share Image
I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even at first base, if they throw me out there, I would know what to do. — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card. — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
I mean, our job is - we're baseball players, we have to go to work. But when it all boils down, we're… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing… — Robert Redford Copy Share Image
Baseball is like this. Have one good year and you can fool them for five more, because for five more years they… — Frankie Frisch Copy Share Image
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
“From The Red Sox Reader: "The Yankees may have always had the better players, but the Red Sox always had the better… — Dan Riley Copy Share Image
Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox. — Willie Stargell Copy Share Image
I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
You never want to be in a bases-loaded, no-outs position, but dammit, when you're there, you better enjoy it. You better not… — Gerrit Cole Copy Share Image
Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
We have worked very hard to accommodate the requests from the Mayor and the Council that changed the terms of the agreement… — Bob DuPuy Copy Share Image
“I know that. But here's the thing about baseball, Kitten. There's an expiration date for every single one of us who plays… — J. Sterling Copy Share Image
Three of my childhood dreams went unfulfilled. I never saw a no-hitter, never saw a triple play, and never caught a ball… — Thomas Hauser Copy Share Image
People are always asking if I was mad at Houston. Honestly, I'm not. The truth of the matter is that when I… — J. D. Martinez Copy Share Image
I met the real George Steinbrenner on only one occasion when he actually came and played himself on an episode of 'Seinfeld.'… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I think the cloud of suspicion has been hanging over baseball for a while. I think there has been some positive things… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Teams can't prepare for me in batting practice. They can't find anyone who throws as slow as I do. — Dave LaPoint Copy Share Image
When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches. — Tim McCarver Copy Share Image
When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. — Vance Law Copy Share Image
Look at Sammy Sosa-before he was skinny. Now he's big and he hits a lot of homers. Maybe I'll be the same. — Rafael Soriano Copy Share Image
Yankee Stadium was the only thing we had in the Bronx. It was an institution. — Penny Marshall Copy Share Image
I offer a proven track record in the big leagues that can hit left-handers or right-handers. — Billy Butler Copy Share Image
“Born on third base, my daddy always said of the well off, and they think they hit a home run.” — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one. — Tris Speaker Copy Share Image
Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees. — Joe Torre Copy Share Image
It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with. — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine. — Bob Gibson Copy Share Image
