Baseball Quotes · Page 120

I'm a sucker for Wrigley, so I feel I'll probably be a sucker for Fenway, too.

— Gerrit Cole

It ain't like I had a dad out there to play catch with me or throw me batting practice. I'm proud of…

— Tommy Pham

The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.

— Bruce Sutter

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

— Mookie Betts

I was not bitter by not being allowed to play in the major leagues. I just said, 'The time has not come.'

— Buck Leonard

There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.

— Honus Wagner

“Sometimes are feats aren’t so fabulous, they’re just dubious—but either way, they’re fun to talk about.”

— Tucker Elliot

“You cannot win today's ballgame with yesterday's home runs.”

— David S. Rosenberg

You have to understand where you are on the continuum. I feel I have to be the criminal mastermind on the mound…

— C. J. Wilson

I don't care how you get the outs. It doesn't matter to me how bad it looks, how good it looks, how…

— Clayton Kershaw

No one can ever see the ball hit the bat because it's physically impossible to focus your eyes that way. However, when…

— Ted Williams

I don't really set personal goals for home runs or anything like that. However many I hit, I hit. If I'm making…

— Justin Morneau

Well, that's baseball. Rags to riches one day and riches to rags the next. But I've been in it 36 years and…

— Casey Stengel

My whole life, baseball was my first love. I was gonna go play college, but during my senior year I tore my…

— Morgan Wallen

I was a baseball player and a football player at Stanford, so I didn't play a lot of golf in college. I…

— John Elway

You can't say it's good when guys out there are signing minor league deals and they would be big league players on…

— J. D. Martinez

I've seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of…

— Stephen Rodrick

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it,…

— Hank Aaron

I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would…

— Carson Daly

I enjoy traveling and playing baseball.Other than that, the minor leagues are tough. The wear and tear on your body.. and it's…

— Tyler Thornburg

I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I…

— John Rocker

Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach…

— Thomas Perez

As much as you love to finish games and all that kind of stuff, at the same time as a starting pitcher…

— Tom Glavine

Last year was the fourth or fifth attempt to get fall launched till 'American Idol' comes in January. To be honest, the…

— Mike Darnell

Because the players knew that if Billy asked them to jump off a roof, he'd jump off with them.

— Mickey Mantle

Baseball would be a better game if more third basemen got hit in the mouth by line drivers.

— Dan Jenkins

On the days I'm pitching, it's almost a coin flip as to know if the guys behind me are going to be…

— Cory Lidle

The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends.

— Tommy Lasorda

Problem with (John) Wockenfuss getting on base is that it takes three doubles to score him.

— Sparky Anderson

I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells.

— Warren Littlefield

There will never be another Mariano Rivera. He was a friend and a champion of a teammate.

— Jorge Posada

The baseball draft is very different from the NBA or the NFL.

— Paul DePodesta

Over the course of a season, a miscue will cost you more than a good play.

— Jerry Coleman

I liked other sports, but there was never any question in my mind I would stick to baseball and try to make…

— Aaron Boone

I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.

— Barry Bonds

I may not be the bestest pitcher in the world, but I sure out-cutes 'em.

— Satchel Paige

One of the things Ive learned is that baseball is something that happens over time.

— Mark Walter

As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.

— Yadier Molina

I've always been a streaky hitter. For the most part, when my home runs come, they come in bunches.

— Adrian Gonzalez

Some people don't understand that after football season, I've got to go to baseball.

— Jameis Winston