Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not…

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

— Al Spalding

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes.

— Joe Garagiola

More than any other games, baseball gives its players space - both physical and emotional - in which to define themselves.

— John Eskow

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

— Albert Goodwill Spalding

That's what I love about baseball, that it gives the opportunity for every single guy to develop and play the game. There's not a…

— Jose Altuve

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

— Tris Speaker

“I'm a little distracted by this English French American Boy Masterpiece.”

— Stephanie Perkins

Like any other all-American boy, I wanted to be just thought of as popular, be well-liked, and meet a lot of cute girls.

— Peter Scolari

In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters, Mary and…

— Bill Dedman

You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy.

— Philip Caputo

“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American…

— Philip Caputo

I was a typical American boy. I did a lot of outdoor activities, played a lot outside with my friends, loved to go the…

— Alan G. Poindexter

“The only other American is a boy from California whose name and face are equally forgettable, like a contestant on The Bachelorette who’d get…

— Dana Schwartz

The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.

— Farrah Fawcett

An All-American Boy does things right and works hard.

— Bob Backlund