Baseball Quotes · Page 88

My passions are stand-up comedy, hard rock and metal, and baseball and the Mets.

— Jim Breuer

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

— Lou Gehrig

I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

— Johan Santana

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

— Pete Rose

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

— Bruce Sutter

All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.

— Stephen Rodrick

I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.

— Simone Elkeles

Any time a guy gets hit, it's between the pitcher and the catcher, the manager, whoever. Whoever's decision it was.

— Marcus Semien

A pitcher never gets me out. I get myself out. That's no disrespect to the pitcher, but there should be no excuse…

— Mike Piazza

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex. A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic,…

— Ernie Harwell

I love playing, I love baseball, I love competing. And if I just focus on those things, then everything else will take…

— Max Fried

So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention…

— Dan O'Brien

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year…

— Pete Rose

As a batter, I just try to put myself in a bubble, not letting anything in from the outside, looking only at…

— Ben Stokes

It gave me a second chance. I'd like everybody to have a second chance if they need it, so I'm trying to…

— Mickey Mantle

“[George] Foster lacks the name recognition outside of Cincinnati that other members of the Big Red machine maintain, but that doesn’t diminish…

— Tucker Elliot

We play the most games in all of sports. All the sports you watch, everybody talks about baseball and 'How do you…

— Marcus Semien

“For Schwartz this formed the paradox at the heart of baseball, or football, or any other sport. You loved it because you…

— Chad Harbach

The fact that guys adjusted really quickly to the big leagues, developed really quickly, faced adversity under the brightest spotlights, played great…

— Theo Epstein

When you feel like you're going to have a low-scoring game, why not have one of your better hitters have a chance?…

— Dave Martinez

When I was a kid, I played sports a lot. My mom and dad were divorced, but I hung out in the…

— Alex Gibney

Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great…

— John Fowles

I did a more serious turn in a movie called 'Moneyball.' It's a baseball movie, where I play the character of Scott…

— Chris Pratt

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

— Michael Caine

Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere.

— Max Scherzer

Baseball skills schizophrenically encompass a pitcher's, a batter's and a fielder's.

— John Updike

My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.

— Greg Maddux

I've never really considered myself a home run hitter. Mostly I'm a guy who hits into the gaps for a lot of…

— Mike Lowell

Baseball is baseball whether you're in last place in August or in first place in August.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Baseball is like everything else. You got to study every angle to win.

— Judy Johnson

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I…

— Matt Kemp

I really remember coming into my first big-league clubhouse. It was one of the most special moments of my life.

— Ronald Acuna Jr

Marijuana is to rock and roll what beer is to baseball, so imagine if they took away beer at the ballgame.

— Jesse Ventura

Good stockbrokers are a dime a dozen, but good shortstops are hard to find.

— Charlie Finley

The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.

— Curt Flood

Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series).

— Roberto Clemente

I never compliment the other pitcher. I make my living off pitchers.

— Carl Everett

The New York Yankees signed Masahiro Tanaka, and the baseball world has yawned.

— Gabe Kapler

I try to think shorter swing with two strikes. That's how I was raised and taught the game of baseball.

— Anthony Rendon