Baseball Quotes · Page 113

Whether I'm 0-for-10 or 10-for-10, every time I walk to the plate I believe I'm going to hit a missile.

— Alex Bregman

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

— Whitey Herzog

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

— Chad Harbach

Anyone who votes for McGowan is 100 percent right. He was a great umpire. He belongs in the Hall of Fame.

— Al Barlick

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

— Miguel Cabrera

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs.

— Bob Uecker

Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same -…

— Earl Weaver

People think that I'm trying to go up there and just hit homers. That's not the case. That's the last thing I'm…

— Kyle Schwarber

I have five pitches. Fast ball, change, curve, slider, screwball. I don't know any hitters. Catcher, he tells me what to do.…

— Juan Marichal

Everyone always says don't take your defense into hitting and don't take your hitting into defense. If you feel comfortable at one…

— Anthony Rendon

I know what I need to do to prepare myself, and I try to do the best I can to take care…

— Ben Zobrist

There are a handful of legacy clubs like the Dodgers in each league. They're in major markets and have a history of…

— Dave Checketts

Generally in the Little League you're up against a good pitcher who throws like hell. What does the coach say? Get a…

— Robin Roberts

Jeter was no choir boy, Jeter has lived a life. But it's always stayed separate from what happened when he showed up…

— Joe Buck

My minor-league numbers aren't very good, but the minor leagues, to me, is very much a showcase for your stuff and being…

— Max Fried

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and…

— Paul Gallico

Baseball will never address that problem unless it has to, though, because I would guess 70 percent of the pitchers in the…

— Trevor Bauer

I played baseball as a kid. I wish I had played soccer, because I love soccer. But baseball is very stationary and…

— Josh Hart

I like playing on this team. We actually been doin' real good. Got a different mix here. Most important thing is you…

— Mickey Rivers

I believe every...man remembers the girl he thinks he should have married. She reappears to him in his lonely moments, or he…

— James Lee Burke

“Knuckleballers don't keep secrets. It's as if we have a greater mission beyond our own fortunes. And that mission is to pass…

— R.A. Dickey

Your pitching coach is almost like your spouse. He's someone to go to when you want to gripe and complain. The big…

— Andy Pettitte

“The fearful happenings of the second game need not be lingered over, being now as well known as the circumstances surrounding the…

— Roger Angell

Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of…

— J. R. Moehringer

He (Lyndon B. Johnson) wanted to see poverty, so he came to see my team (1964 New York Mets).

— Casey Stengel

All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a double-header.

— George Will

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

— Scott Rolen

I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.

— Johan Santana

The team that wins two-thirds of its one run games usually wins the pennant.

— Pete Rose

I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.

— Simone Elkeles

I could throw pretty hard. I might strike out 16 guys, but I might walk 10. I mean, I was wild.

— Bruce Sutter

All backups take their cue from Elrod Hendricks, the patron saint of erstwhile catchers.

— Stephen Rodrick

Any time a guy gets hit, it's between the pitcher and the catcher, the manager, whoever. Whoever's decision it was.

— Marcus Semien

Fenway Park is a fun place to pitch in. You've got 38,000 fans all cheering against you. It's an intense atmosphere.

— Max Scherzer

Baseball skills schizophrenically encompass a pitcher's, a batter's and a fielder's.

— John Updike

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

— Michael Caine

Never let your fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

— Anonymous

I follow the Cubs. Only when they play the Nationals do I have a conflict.

— Ivo Daalder

If I didn't play baseball, I would probably study accounting.

— Carlos Correa

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers'…

— Magic Johnson