I don't think about how many people are watching me. I'm just happy to play baseball for myself. — Vladimir Guerrero Copy Share Image
I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
The new definition of a heathen is a man who has never played baseball. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
A narrative voice with conviction is often hard to find. But not in baseball. The minors teach two lost American arts: how… — Thomas Boswell Copy Share Image
I took notes a lot as a baseball player, and I take notes a lot as a golfer. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
Baseball, in my opinion, would be a lot better if you could just make the same salary as everybody else in the… — Zack Greinke Copy Share Image
That's all baseball is, is numbers; it's run by numbers, averages, percentage and odds. Managers make their decisions based on the numbers. — Rollie Fingers Copy Share Image
“I don't have to tell you that the one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has been erased like… — W.P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I was a tomboy. And one of my first recollections of great success was playing baseball with the boys. — Linda McMahon Copy Share Image
The best thing about being a Yankee is getting to watch Reggie Jackson play every day. The worst thing about being a… — Graig Nettles Copy Share Image
I remember the Chillicothe ballplayers grappling the Long Island ball players in a sixteen-inning game ended by darkness. And the shoulders of… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players. — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the… — Curt Schilling Copy Share Image
When you hear from other players and they're telling you you're the best pitcher in baseball, that makes you feel really good. — Johan Santana Copy Share Image
Given that I often wear shorts with a T-shirt, baseball cap, and backpack most days, a crew-neck shirt gives me the appearance… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
Baseball is a business. Sure, we fans are wistful dreamers who fantasize about glory on the diamond, but to the people who… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
Baseball in the Navy always was much more fun than it had been in the major leagues. — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
A sports writer who covers baseball could go up to Tony La Russa and have a real baseball argument, and Tony would… — Colin Cowherd Copy Share Image
I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I… — Jim Abbott Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game, yes. It is also a business. But what is most truly is is disguised combat. For all its… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
I played baseball when I was younger, but the idea of the college scholarship enticed me to switch over to softball. — Jessica Mendoza Copy Share Image