Baseball Quotes · Page 84

The last time Pena faced the Padres, the Dodgers scratched for a run to tie the game and then went on to…

— Jerry Coleman

True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.

— J. B. Smoove

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

— Pete Rose

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.

— Rickey Henderson

I closely follow football (and basketball and baseball) for the right reasons, not the alarmingly irrelevant ones.

— Skip Bayless

Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.

— Omar N. Bradley

“If there are any curses left in baseball, they are all on the north side of Chicago.”

— Tucker Elliot

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

— Jason Heyward

In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really.…

— Vin Scully

We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to…

— Duke Snider

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what…

— Bum Phillips

“Betemit's positional flexibility is the same as yours: He can stand around and muse about the great philosophical debates of our day…

— Baseball Prospectus

When I'm traveling on tour, one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to…

— Christina Aguilera

In social studies, we talked about Clemente. In health class, we talked about Clemente. In our house, we talked about Clemente. In…

— Francisco Lindor

One could argue that the Boston Red Sox were the American League team of the first quarter of the 20th century. The…

— Harry Enten

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to…

— Joe DiMaggio

'Drive for Diversity' puts people behind the wheel that would never have had the opportunity. Nascar sponsors individual teams who have a…

— Brian France

Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I…

— Dan Gable

It's easier to go outside and play basketball. You can shoot around by yourself. Play pick-up. Whereas with baseball, no one likes…

— Anthony Rendon

The Giants have won. They have won the World Series for the third time in five years. And Madison Bumgarner has firmly…

— Jon Miller

Honestly, as a baseball player, there's such a satisfaction in going out and trying to accomplish something with a group of guys…

— Buster Posey

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons…

— Chadwick Boseman

“You’re not going to always hit a home run in life. You’re going to strike out! You’re going to walk to the…

— Ron Baratono

My father was a San Francisco firefighter. He also was an amateur artist. Art ran deep on his side of the family,…

— Keith Hernandez

When a team is not winning, someone must suffer. It's the same in baseball or anything else.

— George Mikan

Wilder touches all the bases... in some kind of shorthand way. Now that's art.

— James Naughton

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

— Garth Brooks

Obviously, I'm a shortstop at heart. I want to continue to play shortstop.

— Manny Machado

The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

— Bob Lemon

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over.

— Don Drysdale

Shooting gives me a good feeling. It is faster than baseball and you are out on one strike.

— Ernest Hemingway

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

— Charlie Rose

Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.

— Pat Connaughton

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

— Bob Uecker

Mark Brunell usually likes to soak his balls before a rainy game.

— John Madden

I always keep a baseball bat under my bed in case someone tries to break in and pitch a no-hitter!

— Green Monk

I think that a starting pitcher has to do something special to be as valuable or more so than a position player.

— Justin Verlander

It's great to have a small place in their history, all that the Yankees mean and everything, that's awesome.

— Aaron Boone

“I also knew that I was on my way to becoming the worst athlete in the history of American boyhood.”

— Frank Rich

I think baseball owes McGwire a gratitude of thanks for putting baseball back on the map where it should be.

— Jose Canseco