I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it.

My dad played for a coal-mining team in eastern Ohio; he was a very good pitcher. If he hadn't hurt his arm, he probably…

— Phil Niekro

He (Hoyt Wilhelm) had the best knuckleball you'd ever want to see. He knew where it was going when he threw it, but when…

— Brooks Robinson

Like some cult religion that barely survives, there has always been at least one but rarely more than five or six devotees throwing the…

— Ron Luciano

Look for the seams (on a knuckleball) and then hit in-between them.

— Harmon Killebrew

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work.

— Charley Lau

You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.

— Joe Torre

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.

— Willie Stargell

It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I…

— R.A. Dickey

You know, catching the knuckleball, it's like trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.

— Jason Varitek

It's (Phil Niekro's knuckleball) like watching Mario Andretti park a car.

— Ralph Kiner

I don't really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I've always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball.…

— R.A. Dickey

The # knuckleball can be a metaphor of what it's like to let go.

— R.A. Dickey

[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.

— Jimmy Cannon

First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to…

— Yao Ming

Mum had pumped me so full of anger, I couldn't throw it off.

— Viv Albertine