Baseball Quotes · Page 51

Today I am the greatest of all time.

— Rickey Henderson

The fact is, when I was 15 and a sophomore at high school, I played on the varsity baseball team for the college.

— Johnny Mize

There wasn't a favorite team or player in the Betts household. I played baseball, day in, day out, and learned the game…

— Mookie Betts

Baseball is 50% from the neck up

— Ted Williams

My God, it was like the Emerald City, and as you got closer you'd pick up your pace, and you'd give your…

— Joe Flaherty

I've been able to sleep with my eyes open ever since I started watching baseball." "Drinking is such a necessity to human…

— Criss Jami

This guy from L.A. sits down next to me, and he says 'you like baseball?' I said, 'Oh, man, I love baseball.'…

— Bill Engvall

I'd definitely say I've gotten better, especially better with strike-zone judgment. That's a huge part of the game of baseball.

— Xander Bogaerts

I didn't know if I still had it in me to be really dangerous, but I thought so. It's like knocking someone…

— Simon R. Green

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to…

— Eric Heiden

New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball,…

— Dick Williams

I don't watch teams other than Dodgers on TV and I watch the Dodgers games sparingly. I like to refresh my mind…

— Vin Scully

Every time a baseball player grabs his crotch, it makes him spit. That's why you should never date a baseball player.

— Marsha Warfield

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.

— Paul O'Grady

I was a better hockey player than I was a baseball player.

— Jarome Iginla

Greg Maddux is probably the best pitcher in all of baseball along with Roger Clemens. He's much more intelligent than I am…

— Randy Johnson

We're baseball players, right? We make great money. Regardless if we don't make the money we want, we're still making great money.…

— Nolan Arenado

“Gary Bell is nicknamed Ding Dong. Of course. What’s interesting about it is that “Ding Dong” is what the guys holler when…

— Jim Bouton

People ask me if I put pressure on myself. Honestly, I don't. To me, pressure creates distractions and there is no time…

— Carlos Correa

I love the game, it's the greatest game on earth, that's why I can't understand all of this talk about trying to…

— Eric Davis

I once tried playing baseball but I started crying.

— Thom Yorke

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's…

— Bob Feller

Everyone says the best fans in baseball are here [in Boston] and I can't wait to be a part of that.

— Jason Bay

I couldn't picture myself with a boyfriend, but if I had to, I envisioned a nice normal guy who turned in his…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to…

— Earl Weaver

A lot of people wrote that Roger (Maris) and I didn't like each other and that we didn't get along. Nothing could…

— Mickey Mantle

Use emotional awareness and pay attention to your body - look [and locate] concrete physical sensations - like stabbing, aching, throbbing -…

— Gary Zukav

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with…

— Walt Whitman

Baseball is a boy's game that makes grown men cry.

— Bill Veeck

I think I've tried to have a platform to speak and to help kids understand learning about baseball.

— Mookie Betts

I'd rather you walk with the bases loaded.

— Earl Weaver

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a…

— Bill Cosby

The more that Japanese players go to the big leagues to play and succeed, the more that will serve to inspire young…

— Ichiro Suzuki

In baseball, democracy shines its clearest. The only race that matters is the race to the bag. The creed is the rule…

— Ernie Harwell

I got into running because I was too uncoordinated to play baseball, too small for basketball, and too tiny for football. I…

— Gerry Lindgren

I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards,…

— Gaby Hoffmann

Joe DiMaggio batting sometimes gave the impression, the suggestion that the old rules and dimensions of baseball no longer applied to him,…

— Donald Hall

I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.

— Barry Goldwater

I'm a sports-watcher. I played football and baseball, coached baseball. So I watch those things.

— Phil Jackson

I hope I haven't reached a pinnacle...I hope there's something more for me in baseball and in life.

— Scott Rolen