Baseball Quotes · Page 171

I try to walk like Christ in my life. If I strike out, I don't curse, or throw my bat or hit…

— Torii Hunter

If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a…

— Ron Fairly

Religion is not the biggest part of my life. I'm always playing baseball. But it's certainly a part of it, and having…

— Kris Bryant

While professional basketball, football, and baseball players make millions and their salaries represent well over 50% of the billions generated by those…

— Tahl Raz

“You didn't play baseball that well with two hands. How do you think you're going to make it with one? "If you're…

— M.J. Auch

People ask me why I became an actor, and the truth is that once you get cut from the baseball team, you…

— Mike O'Malley

I'm in limbo. The baseball people are like, 'Oh, he's basketball athletic.' The basketball people are like, 'Well, he plays baseball, so…

— Pat Connaughton

Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've…

— Pete Rose

“Bob Evans's judgement of Beatty is most severe. According to him, Beatty didn't lose it; he never had it. "You know what…

— Peter Biskind

Yankee Stadium is a natural venue for another lesson: You won't succeed all the time. Even Ruth, Gehrig, and DiMaggio failed most…

— Janet Yellen

It's as if Japanese men, all to aware that deep inside they'd like to stomp Tokyo flat, breathe fire, and do truly…

— Anthony Bourdain

I played American Legion ball starting when I was 14. But I didn't catch until I was 17. I was 75-3 as…

— Johnny Bench

You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a…

— Bill Bryson

I just got hooked on the radio, the voice of it all. It was my connection to metropolitan America, if you will.…

— George Will

I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great European players that have come…

— David Beckham

I could not have taken what he took, sliding into second base and having a guy stand over you and spit on…

— Vernon Law

I wouldn't throw all spitballs. I'd go maybe two or three innings without throwing a spitter, but I always had them looking…

— Stan Coveleski

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to…

— Matt Kemp

I had my share of failures at the plate as a MLB player, but I was always pretty confident against left-handed pitching.

— Gabe Kapler

When people ask me, "Who was the toughest pitcher you ever faced?", I have to say that there has never been a…

— Pete Rose

If a tree falls in the woods and no one's around to hear it, it still very probably makes a sound. A…

— Carson Cistulli

I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people…

— Adam DeVine

You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that.

— Joe Maddon

Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over…

— David Duchovny

Barry Bonds was still young when his father's fall began. Although Bobby still continued to put up good numbers year after year,…

— David Grann

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it,…

— Ty Cobb

Baseball is a diversion. It is therapy. It takes peoples minds off of everything that has happened, if just for a while.

— George Pataki

Take a look at all of them: Marichal, Jenkins, Spahn - what do you think made them successful? They conditioned their arms…

— Tom Seaver

That’s not me. I wouldn’t [take paternity leave.] Quite frankly, I would have said C-section before the season starts. I need to…

— Boomer Esiason

If you would have told me when I was a kid that I would be sitting here with an ACC championship and…

— Pat Connaughton

You can't keep going out there chasing hits. If you're going to chase hits, you're not going to really have quality at-bats…

— Kyle Schwarber

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my…

— Ted Williams

My dad was a baseball coach, and then I switched to softball. Baseball was all I knew until I crossed over. It…

— Jessica Mendoza

People identify with the swashbuckling individuals, not polite little men who field their position well. Sir Galahad had a big following -…

— Bill Veeck

I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with…

— Joe Buck

Getting to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series was one of the most magical experiences I think I've…

— Miranda Rae Mayo

My grandma once told my mama, 'The kid's walking crazy around the cornfield, talking to himself.' I was calling ballgames.

— Keith Jackson

I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a…

— Jim Jarmusch

We know how hard it is to make the World Series; to do it two years in a row is really special.…

— Cody Bellinger

I'm sitting here with the Mets, and I get to throw out the first pitch. That's one of the coolest things in…

— Bill Goldberg