Baseball Quotes · Page 81

I've been an athlete my whole life. I've played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

— Nia Jax

I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation.

— Nate Corddry

I'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.

— David Price

I was never a big comic book fan. I was always more into the baseball cards.

— Tracy Morgan

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

— Mickey Mantle

I'm a baseball fan, but I'm not qualified to make baseball decisions, and I don't want to pretend to be,

— Mark Walter

Watch the old man. Watch how the old man keeps the guys who aren't playing happy.

— Mickey Mantle

I have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will.

— Walter O'Malley

We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting…

— Daniel Tosh

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could…

— Rogers Hornsby

That no-hitter stuff was a long time ago; I don't think that has anything to do with it. I'm just going through…

— Johan Santana

Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever.

— Leon Brown

My dad was part of the Oriole way. I think he was there 14 years in the minor leagues; I think seven…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging…

— Eddie Murray

You weigh your pros and cons and what's real. You want to play baseball? Yeah. You want to go to school? If…

— Mookie Betts

Today's Little Leaguers, and there are millions of them each year, pick up how to hit and throw and field just by…

— Mickey Mantle

The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who…

— David Ortiz

“Nine equals eight … just ask any math teacher. Well, make that a Tampa-St. Pete area math teacher, one who also likes…

— Tucker Elliot

I think of going back to the sports field again, and let's take a baseball game. Well, you have cracked out a…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I think it's particularly stupid that filmmakers have traditionally said, 'Yeah, I like baseball, but the movie's not going to be about…

— D. B. Sweeney

I just played at a club in L.A. called the Baked Potato. It fits like 90 people. It's like playing somewhere in…

— Chad Smith

What I like best about baseball is the continuity. Generation after generation can follow the game and get the same satisfactions year…

— Dan Shaughnessy

Years ago, you never concerned yourself with pitch counts. Now, with statistics telling you that between this number and that number bad…

— Joe Torre

“Let's see... we'll put it in baseball analogies for you since you seem to be so keen on them. Almost third base…

— K.Bromberg

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

— Herbert Hoover

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

— Bob Sheppard

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

— Ryan Zimmerman

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

— Pete Rose

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

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

— Ty Cobb

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

— Ken Griffey Jr

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

— Joe Buck

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

— Tom Seaver

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

— Matthew Modine

“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!”

— Babe Ruth

Of course I want to be compared to one of the greatest shortstops in the history of the game.

— Carlos Correa

Well, it looks like the all-star balloting is about over, especially in the National and American Leagues.

— Jerry Coleman