--- title: "1 Ballplayer Quotes By Roger Kahn" description: "1 Ballplayer quotes by Roger Kahn. Plus more from Roger Kahn and more Ballplayer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/roger-kahn-27578_ballplayer_carl-furillo-was-pure-ballplayer-in-his_3225538.jpg" --- > [Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, among such sinews. His black hair was thick, and tightly curled. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/carl-furillo-was-pure-ballplayer-in-his-prime-he-stood-six-feet-tall/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/roger-kahn-27578_ballplayer_carl-furillo-was-pure-ballplayer-in-his_3225538.jpg) ## More by Roger Kahn > [“Worse, Roger erupted into outbursts of uncontrollable rage, without apparent cause. In time I learned that this was one symptom of what therapists formerly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/worse-roger-erupted-into-outbursts-of-uncontrollable-rage-without/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [“Dear Dad: After twenty-two years in the amusement park, this roller coaster isn’t fun any more, so I’m getting off the ride. Roger”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/dear-dad-after-twenty-two-years-in-the-amusement-park-this-roller/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Football is violence and cold weather and sex and college rye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/football-is-violence-and-cold-weather-and-sex-and-college-rye/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/you-may-glory-in-a-team-triumphant-but-you-fall-in-love-with-a-team/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [“Poor kid, I thought, to do this to yourself at twenty-three and leave a note that tells me you could have been a writer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/poor-kid-i-thought-to-do-this-to-yourself-at-twenty-three-and-leave-a/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [“Football is violence and cold weather and college rye. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/football-is-violence-and-cold-weather-and-college-rye/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Robinson did not merely play at center stage. He was center stage; and wherever he walked, center stage moved with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/robinson-did-not-merely-play-at-center-stage-he-was-center-stage-and/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for the leisurely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/basketball-hockey-and-track-meets-are-action-heaped-upon-action/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/baseball-is-for-the-leisurely-afternoons-of-summer-and-for-the/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [You may glory in a team triumphant... But you fall in love with a team in defeat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/you-may-glory-in-a-team-triumphant-but-you-fall-in-love-with-a-team-2/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/tennis-and-golf-are-best-played-not-watched/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/i-was-showing-early-symptoms-of-becoming-a-professional-baseball-man/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/dempsey-himself-said-you-only-spend-so-much-time-in-the-spotlight/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [No other sporting event can compare with a good Series. The Super Bowl is a three-hour interruption in a week of drink and Rotarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/no-other-sporting-event-can-compare-with-a-good-series-the-super-bowl/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) > [“Why do we remember the Boys of Summer? We remember because we were young when they were, of course. But more, we remember because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-kahn/why-do-we-remember-the-boys-of-summer-we-remember-because-we-were/) [Roger Kahn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-kahn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballplayer/roger-kahn/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ballplayer Quotes By Roger Kahn", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Carl Furillo was pure ballplayer. In his prime he stood six feet tall and weighed 190 pounds and there was a fluidity to his frame you seldom see, among such sinews. His black hair was thick, and tightly curled. His face was strong and smooth. He had the look of a young indomitable centurion ... I cannot imagine Carl Furillo in his prime as anything other than a ballplayer. 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