I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do.… — Juan Marichal Copy Share Image
Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was… — Babe Didrikson Zaharias Copy Share Image
It's baseball. You don't think a general manager can manage? Like it's impossible? The game is too complex? I've never bought into… — Colin Cowherd Copy Share Image
I kind of realized I couldn't blow the ball by everybody. In high school I could do that, but now it's not… — Justin Verlander Copy Share Image
My big break was when I won 'Search for a Supermodel Australia,' and then I came second in the world series, and… — Nicole Trunfio Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that someone who tries to throw a curve or pitch at any early age before he's developed, before… — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think it's incredible because there were guys like (Willie) Mays and (Mickey) Mantle and Henry Aaron who were great players for… — Sandy Koufax Copy Share Image
I would say, look, any fighter that's out there or any star athlete - not star athlete in the sense of a… — Scott Coker Copy Share Image
No matter what I do on the baseball field, no matter how hard I try to be a good player, no matter… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
The day I left baseball, I became smart. When I was in baseball, I played for the love of the game. I'd… — Chuck Connors Copy Share Image
You reach a point where you're trying to survive. You're just trying to put the ball in play. You're not yourself. You're… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I built a baseball field in the lower part of our property and I'm always working on that. I got a wheelbarrow,… — John C. McGinley Copy Share Image
I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
No one intuitively understands quantum mechanics because all of our experience involves a world of classical phenomena where, for example, a baseball… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe… — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
I think back and I really feel for what he (Roger Maris) went through, for all the negative stuff that was going… — Mark McGwire Copy Share Image
I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Baseball was really my first sport, and that's what everybody thought I was going to do. But I played too much, kinda… — Austin Reaves Copy Share Image
What makes a good leadoff hitter? Deion Sanders had speed, but he wasn't the ideal leadoff hitter. What was his on-base percentage?… — Jack McKeon Copy Share Image
People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just… — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
I imagine myself as the broadcaster for a Cubs-White Sox World Series, a Series that would last seven games, with the final… — Jack Brickhouse Copy Share Image
My favorite part of any baseball book - and I read a lot of them - is the anecdotes. I believe there… — Jonathan Weeks Copy Share Image
“The nightmares are that you’re gonna let the winning run score on a ground ball through your legs. —BILL BUCKNER, in a… — Jeff Pearlman Copy Share Image
“Check out my interview with Kostya Kennedy on themodern online. Sports Illustrated writer and author of Pete Rose: An American Dilemma. It… — Kostya Kennedy Copy Share Image
I understand what sabermetrics get across, and what they're getting across is to keep it simple. Especially for me, as a pitcher,… — Max Scherzer Copy Share Image
I was a hyper kid, so I didn't want to play baseball and wait for the ball to come to me. I… — Shane Larkin Copy Share Image
I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
On MLB team flights, adult beverages are often enjoyed. Usually, the youngest, most wet-behind-the-ears players will be responsible for carrying the beer… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
I listen to NPR and baseball games when I'm in my car. I mean, exclusively NPR and baseball games, and that's it,… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
This is baseball It's going to bring you up, it's going to bring you down. You just have to find a way… — Fernando Tatis Jr Copy Share Image
My dad's a bodybuilder. My whole life I've been taught to train the hard way. I believe in earning strength, not buying… — Gary Sheffield Copy Share Image
Welcome it as part of a process... you just can't avoid it... if you go to bat enough times, you are going… — Peter Guber Copy Share Image
I'd love to play in a Red Sox game. It would be so awesome to actually walk out on the field and… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I'll be the first one to admit I had some bad at-bats. But I've had periods where I've struck out four times… — Cody Bellinger Copy Share Image
How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then… — Robert Knepper Copy Share Image
