Baseball Quotes · Page 170

“The baseball pitcher, the bowler in cricket, the tennis server, all know the value of change of pace—change of tempo—in delivering their…

— J. Berg Esenwein

Major League Baseball has prostate awareness for two weeks leading up to Father's Day, and I want to get involved in that.

— Steve Garvey

I had teammates like Chris Davis. Manny Machado was really young and such a good kid. Seeing his development, it's ridiculous. He's…

— Jake Arrieta

Like I'm seeing Chris Sale; he's got a similar pitching style and strikes guys out a lot. Why are people only talking…

— Yu Darvish

Now they talk on the radio about the record set by (Babe) Ruth, and (Joe) DiMaggio and Henry Aaron. But they rarely…

— Roger Maris

We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see…

— Johnny Damon

As I sat back and imagined what my transition from the Red Sox might be, I thought it would smell more like…

— Theo Epstein

What they were doing was extremely wrong as far as I was concerned, and to this day, I don't know what I…

— Rick Monday

If I'm not onstage or on-camera, I'm typically in a baseball hat. I don't know at what point I started really wearing…

— Robby Hoffman

“I had a great deal of valuable knowledge - about genetics, computers, aikido, karate, hardware, chess, wine, cocktails, dancings, sexual positions, social…

— Graeme Simsion

It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible…

— Michael Chabon

“The ballpark is the star. In the age of Tris Speaker and Babe Ruth, the era of Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams,…

— Anonymous

You try to take advantage of taking control of the game when you know you may have guys on base and counts…

— Matt Cain

I came up in 1941 and I played against men who played in the 1930s. I stayed until 1963 playing against men…

— Stan Musial

Some people would view Jackie Robinson as a very safe African-American, a docile figure who had a tendency to try to get…

— Chadwick Boseman

I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball…

— Tommy Lasorda

I help with everything. My wife and I are a team. I pack my son's lunches, and she takes him to baseball…

— Bill Goldberg

Baseball was my refuge. When I came on the field, I did my job, and did the best I could and focused…

— Joey Votto

At Tiger Stadium, the dugouts are so low that you walk in and hit your head on the ceiling. People would say,…

— Harmon Killebrew

I was a very shy character, always feeling uncomfortable because everybody was stronger than I, and always afraid I would look like…

— Richard P. Feynman

Bob Clear, nobody's ever heard about except for some people who have been in the game, was probably my main mentor in…

— Joe Maddon

I love baseball, I really do. I always told my Dad, I'm not gonna make it working... I like to play ball…

— Yogi Berra

We won't let history define our future. Our actions will do the talking. Our determination will turn doubters into believers.

— Andrew McCutchen

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's…

— Jon Lester

Nothing in baseball can bring me down to the level where I was growing up in Pine Bluff, crying and broke. This…

— Torii Hunter

It's easy to see why pitchers respect McGwire. If you hit behind him, they're saying that they don't respect you. You have…

— Eric Davis

It's no fun throwing fastballs to guys who can't hit them. The real challenge is getting them out on the stuff they…

— Sam McDowell

If the players don't produce, and aren't in the position to be evaluated correctly, then a manager's job of winning or losing…

— John Smoltz

“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a…

— Hank Aaron

In Boston I got to a point where I thought I was putting out fires more than being a baseball coach. And…

— Terry Francona

I've always thought of myself as an Expo. I probably had better seasons with the Cubs. The fan base and the bleacher…

— Andre Dawson

Say 'Dodgers' and people know you're talking about baseball. Say 'Braves' and they ask, 'What reservation?' Say 'Reds' and they think of…

— Tommy Lasorda

He (Bill Terry) once hit a ball between my legs so hard that my center-fielder caught it on the fly backing up…

— Dizzy Dean

I wish I was just a left-handed hitter. It's really tough having to keep both sides sharp, and that's one reason why…

— Lance Berkman

It's always fun going to Wrigley. There's so much history there. You can feel it every time you watch a game or…

— Max Fried

A lot of people just thought I'd be a .260 hitter all my life. I was kind of like, 'Let me make…

— Jeff Francoeur

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty percent is just…

— Hank Aaron

He (Jackie Robinson) knew he had to do well. He knew that the future of blacks in baseball depended on it. The…

— Duke Snider

I am through with baseball forever. I have my farm and my home and enough to take care of me, so why…

— Eddie Plank

To have three World Series titles and to have gone to another, to be to four World Series and win three of…

— Brandon Crawford