The best ballplayer's the one who doesn't think he made good. He keeps trying to convince you. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I just want to find a way to stay consistent as a ballplayer, and I know my team wants me to do… — Tim Hardaway Jr Copy Share Image
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my… — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist. — Rogers Hornsby Copy Share Image
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer. — Hank Aaron Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give. — Roberto Clemente Copy Share Image
Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey's consistent. That's what you want… — Don Mattingly Copy Share Image
I don't really classify myself as a scorer. I'm a ballplayer; I'm a playmaker. I like to set people up and make… — Paul George Copy Share Image
The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he… — Ring Lardner Copy Share Image
A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The… — Johnny Evers Copy Share Image
I hate the ballplayer who says, 'I did everything I could have possibly done.' Because if you didn't win it all, you… — Todd Helton Copy Share Image
“A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was… — Jim Bouton Copy Share Image
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there… — Roger Maris Copy Share Image
Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
For me, I try to look at a person's swagger and a little background on them if I already haven't liked them… — Michael Bivins Copy Share Image
I was a ballplayer, but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Baseball shaded my entire outlook on life, because that's how I first saw the world. I looked at everything, even today, through… — Kurt Russell Copy Share Image
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
I always could hit, but fielding I had to work at. I took as much pride in fielding as hitting. I became… — George Kell Copy Share Image
I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream - to be a ballplayer.… — Roberto Alomar Copy Share Image
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. — Lou Gehrig Copy Share Image
My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration. — Danny Aiello Copy Share Image
I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his… — Jimmy Cannon Copy Share Image
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support.… — George Brett Copy Share Image
I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
