Baseball Quotes · Page 93

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

— George Bernard Shaw

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

— Earl Wilson

Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.

— Nolan Ryan

Baseball is an art! A drama! A ballet without music! Let us give it a Greek chorus!

— Deborah Wiles

The more innings you play in the big leagues, the better you get.

— Marcus Semien

I've got to keep my pitch count down. If you want to go deep into ballgames, you have to stay under that…

— Gerrit Cole

They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.

— Satchel Paige

The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.

— Earl Weaver

Well, stealing bases adds some runs but very few, and you lose most of the runs that you gain by having runners…

— Bill James

The power numbers are nice, but I'm most pleased that I've been consistent. Home runs come from having a consistent approach .

— Ian Kinsler

I couldn't believe I hit .342. I hit .333 one month in Triple-A. Otherwise, I hit .279 in the minor leagues. I'm proud of myself.

— Robinson Cano

I broke my wrist at summer camp playing a game called 'volleybat,' which was baseball but with a volleyball. It is as…

— Josh Gondelman

I never really expected to hit cleanup. And I never envisioned myself hitting 20 home runs in the big leagues. When I…

— Brandon Crawford

In baseball, it's tough to get up for every single game, every single moment. In football, you have 90,000 fans screaming and…

— Adam Dunn

Football can stand parity better than any of the other sports, I think. Baseball, basketball and hockey need a defining team, in…

— Michael Wilbon

Robinson was important to all blacks. To make it into the majors and to take all the name calling, he had to…

— Willie Mays

I don't think it's the intent of baseball not to have black ballplayers, but we have to find a way to get…

— Ken Griffey Jr

“If the team didn't pay whatever Boras asked, Boras would encourage his client to take a year off of baseball and reenter…

— Anonymous

“Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones said after Moyer threw a two-hit shutout against his team in May 2010. “The guy is eighty-seven years…

— Jamie Moyer

“Once again we see that the most important year in a man's life, for the purposes of cementing his favorite baseball team…

— Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

I got into baseball, and everyone just started calling me a geek, like, 'There's the nerd from Harvard.' Then it took 20…

— Paul DePodesta

“It's not about winning or losing, really,” he’s saying. “It’s just the showing up every day. It’s stepping up to the plate…

— Jennifer E. Smith

Then, as she turned to walk away, Fred dropped the guillotine."So we're making Ev CEO," he said, his fork clenched in his…

— Nick Bilton

“Soccer's appeal lay in its opposition to the other popular sports. For children of the sixties, there was something abhorrent about enrolling…

— Franklin Foer

Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.

— Russell Baker

One minute you're starting left fielder, hitting home runs; the next, it's career over. I was 20.

— Richard Linklater

The Braves took some flak when they made me the number one pick. There were critics.

— Chipper Jones

My favourite game is wiffle ball, a fake version of baseball with a plastic ball and bat that's really for kids.

— Ty Burrell

My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.

— Willie Stargell

“The great thing about baseball is, I've heard a hundred statements beginning, 'The great thing about baseball is.”

— Jon Sindell

Practicing with the wet ball is the key to get in the best shape for fielding when there is dew.

— Ravindra Jadeja

I still don't know how I got to the big leagues because I wasn't that good.

— Johnny Oates

It is a simple fact that you can't steal second base if your foot is firmly planted on first.

— Irene Rosenfeld

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

— Matt Cain

A manager's job in baseball, more than any other sport, is managing people.

— John Smoltz

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

— Joe Garagiola

You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.

— Ben Zobrist

I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.

— Al Leiter

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

— Carl Hubbell

Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head.

— Henry A. Kissinger