You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you…

I stare out the window and wait for spring,

— Rogers Hornsby

I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan…

— Kevin Costner

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. Vance Law Baseball was…

— Bob Lemon

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

— George Vecsey

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."

— Willie Stargell

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

— Vance Law

Baseball is a fun game. It beats working for a living.

— Phil Linz

Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon.…

— Reggie Jackson

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give…

— Walt Whitman

There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts,…

— Anonymous

You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.

— Roy Campanella

Everyone always says, 'Don't take it for granted.' I don't think we do take it for granted, but sometimes you get caught up in…

— Ryan Zimmerman

Even in those years when we were losing, it's playing baseball for a living and having a good time. I learned a lot from…

— Ryan Zimmerman

What a blessing it is to throw a baseball for a living!

— Clayton Kershaw

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

— Pete Rose