Baseball Quotes · Page 78

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

— Dylan O'Brien

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

— Jimmy Smits

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

I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

— Sammy Sosa

I know a little bit about a lot of things. I don't go very deep in any one field, except maybe '90s…

— Scott Rogowsky

To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.

— Ken Griffey, Jr

Football's a war game without fatal casualties; baseball is a picnic on a huge field, without the food.

— Richard Corliss

The Mets just had their first .500-or-better April since July of 1992.

— Ralph Kiner

Every kid's dream is to play for their hometown team, watching when you're younger and stuff like that. It's awesome to be…

— Gaby Sanchez

Lower stress equals a calmer approach at the plate. Calm equals a still head, allowing us to see the ball better. Confidence…

— Gabe Kapler

Yogi's been an inspiration to me, not only because of his baseball skills, but of course for the enduring mark he left…

— George H. W. Bush

Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk…

— Deborah Tannen

Imagine if these computer geeks who are running baseball now were allowed to run a war? They'd be telling our soldiers: 'That's…

— Tom Seaver

You never really know baseball until you put on a pair of cleats and get out and play it; and if you…

— Waite Hoyt

Pac-Man? Or is it Donkey Kong?” In truth, it looked a little more violent and military. A slow grin spread over his…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she…

— Rickey Henderson

So who or what is to blame for baseball games that go on forever? Two oft-cited culprits are constant replay calls and…

— Mary Pilon

I'm interested in the sculptural experience, glass, marble, colored bricks, stones, wood. There's no stadium out there that approximates it [the Marlins']…

— Jeffrey Loria

If you had told me in 1997 that even 5 people would be waiting online for me to sign my new book…

— Bill Simmons

I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob…

— Logan Marshall-Green

The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes…

— Jose Canseco

Rise&Grind :Some have, some haven't, everybody don't hit home runs on the first swing; at pursuit of happiness. Other times foul balls…

— Gee Linder

Curiously, only in sports do we agree to eschew technological advances, making rules, for example, to limit the power potential of baseball…

— Gene Logsdon

Baseball, in my opinion, would be a lot better if you could just make the same salary as everybody else in the…

— Zack Greinke

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

— Casey Stengel

How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.

— Bob Uecker

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

— Yogi Berra

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

— Brandon Crawford

I do my job on the mound and then do what I can at the plate, always working on helping the team…

— Jennie Finch

Baseball is such a sport of every day, grinding it out. You're going to have good weeks, bad weeks.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Verlander is a guy every right-handed power pitcher looks up to since the beginning of time.

— Gerrit Cole

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

— Stan Musial

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

— Ted Williams

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

— Mark Walter

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

— Pete Rose

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

— Brandon Crawford

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

— Cliff Floyd

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

— Virender Sehwag

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

— Stan Musial

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

— Mickey Mantle