Baseball Quotes · Page 94

You just go out there and swing at good pitches and see what happens and hope for the win at the end…

— Carlos Correa

No player or manager has greater respect for the umpires than I do, and I have demonstrated that over the years.

— Pete Rose

I was a great base umpire, but I was the most mediocre plate umpire to ever come into the major leagues.

— Doug Harvey

They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it.

— Willie Mays

In the World Series, when a pitcher's not doing his job, they put another one in that can.

— Jimmie Johnson

I don't think baseball owes colored people anything. I don't think colored people owe baseball anything, either.

— Bob Feller

For me, it's just a blessing. It just comes to me. I never tried to hit a homer, or anything like that.

— Juan Soto

Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.

— Mickey Mantle

My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd give your…

— Joe Flaherty

That's just baseball. One day you feel like you can't square anything up and the next day you get a couple that…

— Brandon Crawford

My objective with men at 2nd and 3rd is to get one quality pitch to drive them in. If it's not available,…

— Joey Votto

“I realized how truly inexperienced and foolish I really was, a small-town girl attempting to play in the major leagues with a…

— C.L. Parker

If I'm on base a guy might get a little bit more fastballs. Or if someone else is on base everyone knows…

— Tommy Pham

I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have…

— Lauren Groff

Through SCP Auctions, the Garvey family will also continue to share our great love for baseball by donating time and dollars to…

— Steve Garvey

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to…

— Earl Weaver

Little boys are still playing the game [baseball], more little girls are playing, and it is still the world's most interesting game,…

— Robert Lipsyte

I don't know of any other organization that's raised more money than golf has, because if you are a baseball player, you're…

— Lee Trevino

If you can't see the rotation and tell if it's a sink - a fastball, then you have to be able to…

— Reggie Jackson

Little by little, in telling Sam all these details, I got to see the bigger point of baseball, that it can give…

— Anne Lamott

The actual fund is called "THE JIMMY FUND" and THE REDSOX FOUNDATION IN BOSTON has gotten involved and people all over New…

— Freddy Cannon

It is the same game that Moonlight Graham played in 1905. It is a living part of history, like calico dresses, stone…

— W. P. Kinsella

I have been very fortunate to see some very clearly excellent players play well to the very ends of their career, where…

— Joey Votto

The baselines belongs to the runner, and whenever I was running the bases, I always slid hard. I wanted infielders to have…

— Frank Robinson

Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

— Sparky Anderson

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be…

— Cory Lidle

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.

— Tommy Lasorda

Baseball would be a better game if more third basemen got hit in the mouth by line drivers.

— Dan Jenkins

I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.

— Warren Littlefield

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.

— Jorge Posada

The baseball draft is very different from the NBA or the NFL.

— Paul DePodesta

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

— Jerry Coleman

I liked other sports, but there was never any question in my mind I would stick to baseball and try to make…

— Aaron Boone

I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.

— Satchel Paige

I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.

— Barry Bonds

One of the things Ive learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

— Mark Walter

I'm a sucker for Wrigley, so I feel I'll probably be a sucker for Fenway, too.

— Gerrit Cole

It ain't like I had a dad out there to play catch with me or throw me batting practice. I'm proud of…

— Tommy Pham

I think I've tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.

— Mookie Betts

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

— Bruce Sutter