It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

Life should be lived as play.

— Plato

Life must be lived as play.

— Plato

“Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the…

— Plato

What then is the right way to live? Life should be lived as play.

— Plato

I was the first person in my family to play baseball.

— Christian Yelich

I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be…

— Rickey Henderson

The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It's the only thing I know.

— Mickey Mantle

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

— Mickey Mantle

I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball down the…

— Mark Teixeira

You could be a kid for as long as you want when you play baseball.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me…

— Nate Berkus

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line…

— Mickey Mantle

Of course, I didn't tell you about all the times I said I was going to hit one and it didn't happen.

— Mickey Mantle

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

— Mickey Mantle

Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question…

— Mickey Mantle