Baseball Quotes · Page 112

I learned to play (baseball) on the streets in the Dominican Republic when I was 8 yrs old.

— Albert Pujols

The brilliant thing about baseball is you're never really out of it - things can turn around in this game so quickly.

— David Wright

I think the players set the tone right away in spring training.

— Gabe Kapler

I enjoyed basketball and baseball too much to let football take over.

— Justin Herbert

Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game

— Anonymous

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the…

— Joe Garagiola

If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it up on the scoreboard?

— Jeff Francoeur

Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

“Despite this apparent designated-hitter advantage, nearly everyone interviewed preferred the strategy and finesse required to play ball in the National League”

— Anonymous

Every time I pull somebody out of the bullpen, I believe he can do the job. I have to believe it. If…

— Joe Torre

One of the walls of my bedroom was a collage of about 15 years of baseball photos. I would cut out the…

— Curt Schilling

Baseball has so much history and tradition. You can respect it, or you can exploit it for profit, but it's still being…

— Michael Lewis

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from…

— Abel Ferrara

It's baseball. You don't think a general manager can manage? Like it's impossible? The game is too complex? I've never bought into…

— Colin Cowherd

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled—even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous…

— George Vecsey

Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was…

— Babe Didrikson Zaharias

I managed 26 years and found out when I retired I didn't own the game. I thought I owned it when I…

— Sparky Anderson

You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could…

— Monte Irvin

There's nothing wrong with pitch counts. But not when it's spit out by a computer, and the computer does not look at…

— Tom Seaver

The first and last duty of the lover of the game of baseball," Peavine's book began, "whether in the stands or on…

— Michael Chabon

“On Alex Rodriguez's difficulty performing in clutch situations, Joe Torre writes, "In key situations, he can't get himself to concern himself with…

— Tom Verducci

“Steve got that pinched, unhappy look on his face that Tony never knew how to deal with. Most of the time he…

— scifigrl47

I try to understand other people's viewpoints on things and be better in the future. I think if you look at my…

— Trevor Bauer

When my grandfather was a journalist for the Detroit Tigers, he dressed the part. I mention it always to our local media:…

— Erik Spoelstra

If I'm ready to hit early, if I get fooled, then whatever. I've still got two more strikes.

— J. D. Martinez

The way we're going... if I called up another pitcher, he'd just hang up the phone on me.

— Frank Robinson

Why do the Yankees always win? The other team can't stop looking at the pinstripes.

— Frank Abagnale

I loved baseball, and I was the best at basketball. Golf was sort of third on my list.

— Gary Woodland

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.

— Shoeless Joe Jackson

If I didn't play baseball I don't know what I would do. It just doesn't seem right if I go a day…

— Mark Mulder

I couldn't tell you my first memory of playing baseball because I just did it before I knew anything.

— Chris Sale

You know, catching the knuckleball, it's like trying to catch a fly with a chopstick.

— Jason Varitek

“Serving time doesn't make you fit to do anything but serve more time.”

— Donald Hays

I was huge on basketball and baseball. I love sports. I'm an L.A. guy. I love the Lakers and Dodgers.

— Collin Morikawa

Good pitchers, after a tough outing, bounce back. Real good pitchers don't let too many poor games get in there.

— Don Cooper

Pitching... sometimes I did so poorly, it brought me to tears

— Dennis Eckersley

Baseball, because of its continuity over the space of America and the time of America, is a place where memory gathers.

— Donald Hall

That's one thing I learned from watching great hitters hit. A lot of hitters, they're ready to hit from pitch one.

— J. D. Martinez

You're always in the storm's eye, so to speak, when you're with the Yankees.

— Joe Torre