Baseball Quotes · Page 9

The termites have got me.

— Babe Ruth

I'm just a singles hitter.

— Manny Ramirez

I grew up playing baseball.

— Tyler Herro

I love baseball.

— Keith Hernandez

Thank God for baseball.

— Mickey Mantle

The main idea is to win.

— John McGraw

See the ball; hit the ball.

— Pete Rose

I am the best in baseball.

— Reggie Jackson

Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.

— Satchel Paige

You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

— Yogi Berra

There's one word that describes baseball - You never know.

— Bill Vaughan

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

— Yogi Berra

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

— Ted Williams

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice

— Ban Johnson

I keep my eys clear and I hit 'em where they ain't.

— Willie Keeler

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

— Robin Williams

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles…

— Sean Doolittle

Growing up, my favorite player was either Derek Jeter or Manny Ramirez.

— Cody Bellinger

If God wanted football played in the spring, he would not have invented baseball.

— Sam Rutigliano

It will revolutionize baseball. It will open a new area of alibis for the players.

— Gabe Paul

The reason I'm a Yankee is that George Steinbrenner out hustled everybody else.

— Reggie Jackson

To hit a home run is really hard. So why not enjoy it when we do it?

— Fernando Tatis Jr

All the individual stuff is great, but I just want to win a World Series.

— Clayton Kershaw

Are there rules about betting on baseball games? Yeah--you have to stay away from the Padres.

— James Siegel

I had an incredible experience living in New York, playing for the Yankees, to go through all of the things I did,…

— Jim Abbott

You can watch videos and hit off the tee, stuff like that, but at the same time, it's you against the pitcher.…

— Nelson Cruz

Cleaning up that lack of the definition between the two, and then leaning on the four-seam, having it become my primary fastball…

— Gerrit Cole

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met…

— Steven Chu

If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; this is our game, people! We…

— Amy Bloom

I saw my baseball career skyrocketing, but there was always something in the back of my head that was missing. That was…

— Eddy Alvarez

I've had some incredible experiences with this organization. I owe a lot to this team and this organization and the ownership. I…

— Jake Arrieta

“Five hundred smacks? On the Yankees? When the Braves’ve got Spahn and Burdette? Not to mention Hank Aaron and Steady Eddie Mathews?”

— Stephen King

The talk shows are stuffed full of sufferers who have regained their health--congressmen who suffered through a serious spell of boozing and…

— Calvin Trillin

Believe it or not the war on Iraq is based on a sound scientific principle, The bee hive principle. Which clearly states…

— John Oliver

I think baseball represents something closer to our experience. There's no clock in baseball; it's not over until it's over. It's like…

— Bennett Miller

I say to you, you want a thrill, volunteer to be an umpire. I'd like you to go just work the bases…

— Doug Harvey

Leo Durocher was our manager and he brought Willie up to me and said, 'This is Willie Mays and he's your new…

— Monte Irvin

I've been able to sleep with my eyes open ever since I started watching baseball." "Drinking is such a necessity to human…

— Criss Jami

“Baseball was an art, but to excel at it you had to become a machine. It didn't matter how beautifully you performed…

— Chad Harbach

Any baseball is beautiful. No other small package comes as close to the ideal design and utility. It is a perfect object…

— Roger Angell