Baseball Quotes · Page 59

NO MAN CAN AVOID BEING BORN AVERAGE, BUT NO MAN HAS TO STAY AVERAGE.

— Satchel Paige

Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Anyone who says that softball is a boring game to watch isn't looking at the right things.

— Yvonne Zipter

Yes, in baseball when the team stinks, you fire the manager. But you don't fire him because it rains. And you don't…

— Bill Maher

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a…

— Nolan Ryan

At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don't let anything else get in my head.

— Manny Machado

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose

Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

— Robert Smith

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

— Hank Aaron

It looked like a ballpark. It smelled like a ballpark. It had a feeling and a heartbeat, a personality that was all…

— Richie Ashburn

“Good game,” someone said, patting my shoulder. “Thanks,” I said, laughing. Then I felt arms come around me and pull me close.…

— Rachel Hawthorne

I think baseball is a very fine game, and you have to enjoy it. You have to go out there and have…

— Miguel Cabrera

I always told myself that if baseball was not fun anymore, then I would move on from it.

— Eddy Alvarez

“I cracked one over a row a trailers that bordered the outfield fence- hit it so hard that Ted Williams came running…

— Hank Aaron

Any person claiming to be a baseball fan who does not also claim to have invented the quickest, simplest and most complete…

— Thomas Boswell

We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.

— Michael Wilbon

Losing builds character. You know who said that? A loser! Guy who got his ass stomped every day, basketball, football, baseball, lose,…

— Christopher Titus

You can't compare me to my father. Our similarities are different.

— Dale Berra

I just played at a club in L.A. called the Baked Potato. It fits like 90 people. It's like playing somewhere in…

— Chad Smith

Baseball is the biggest sport in Japan, then soccer, and basketball is... People don't really care about basketball.

— Yuta Watanabe

I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.

— Bill de Blasio

“[B]aseball is diffracted by the town and ballpark where it is played... Does baseball, like a liquid, take the shape of its…

— Thomas Boswell

Any man who can look handsome in a dirty baseball suit is an Adonis. There is something about the baggy pants, and…

— Edna Ferber

I'm really into basketball, baseball, football and working out - but you'll never catch me in a public sauna.

— Joey Lawrence

In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was…

— Aaron Judge

My little brothers loved baseball. I'm not as big on that as basketball or football, but I understand the game.

— Anonymous

There is no defense against a base on balls.

— Joe Garagiola

I'm a big sports fan even outside of baseball. I love watching guys that are supposed to be great, and are great,…

— Clayton Kershaw

I used to play baseball. I was playing even in high school.

— King Von

Obviously, being a diehard Mets fan, my passion is a given, but I also love playing baseball. I hadn't been able to…

— Jim Breuer

It's always an honor to work with the Twins Community Fund and be a part of all the good that they do.…

— Ron Gardenhire

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

— Nolan Ryan

A hand landed on his shoulder like an anvil. “How’d you like to stay for dinner?” Butch looked up. The guy was…

— J.R. Ward

I want to concentrate on baseball, which is the best thing I know how to do.

— Aroldis Chapman

I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one…

— Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

I always knew and my parents always knew I was destined for greatness. I didn't know what sport it was going to…

— Tony Ferguson

Actually, I wanted to play baseball. Honestly, I just think with a kid developing, playing a lot of sports, it's just kind…

— Chris Long

“A little boy went out to the backyard to play with a baseball bat and a ball. He said to himself, “I…

— Joel Osteen

“The bullpen in a baseball park is the best place for matador training.”

— Jarod Kintz

Boros is not with the team today because he's attending his daughter's funeral. Oh, wait, it's her wedding.

— Jerry Coleman