Baseball Quotes · Page 124

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

— Anonymous

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

— Ty Cobb

I do my best hitting when I'm walking. That means I'm relaxed and my pitch recognition is a lot better.

— Alex Rodriguez

The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.

— Vin Scully

I think anybody who saw him will tell you that Willie Mays was the greatest player who ever lived.

— Monte Irvin

It took me 17 years to get threethousand hits in baseball.It took me one afternoon on a golf course

— Hank Aaron

The ups and downs, that's baseball life. That's what I live for, play for.

— Aaron Judge

Baseball was my first sport. I wish I would have stayed with it.

— Reggie Bush

I threw one of my bats away and I gave it to a little kid. He just wanted to say hi to…

— Juan Soto

I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when…

— Vince Vaughn

Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a…

— Rocky Bridges

It was always fun for me, I loved baseball so darn much. By the hours I practiced, you'd have to say I…

— Ted Williams

You see people say: 'He should go back to baseball. He should do this; he should do that.' Those are people who…

— Pat Connaughton

Black players had an issue with Joe Torre. They weren't treated like everybody else. Even I got called out in a couple…

— Gary Sheffield

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized…

— Mike Trout

I look at this as a second life. Every game feels like an event. Every pitch matters. I need that. It elevates…

— Al Leiter

“For several years Quinn had been having the same conversations with this man, whose name he did not know. Once, when he…

— Paul Auster

It's an ongoing process of reinterpreting the strike zone in accordance to the rulebook. The umpires, I think, are doing an excellent…

— Sandy Alderson

“World Series MVP is a unique individual honor because with one exception—Bobby Richardson won 1960 World Series MVP honors for the Yankees,…

— Tucker Elliot

The offseason after the 2014 season, I worked with hitting coach Damon Mashore. I always had power in batting practice but couldn't…

— Cody Bellinger

I was definitely honored to be chosen, but I just didn't feel ready to be pitching in big games yet. It was…

— CC Sabathia

“I have explained many times that I am, by Profession, a Gambler -- not some jock-sniffing nerd or a hired human squawk-box…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Probably the most dramatic change in pitching I've observed in my years in baseball has been the disappearance of the knockdown or…

— Frank Robinson

I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization:…

— Gerald Early

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the…

— Tris Speaker

A fan without a team is like a hog without truffles - she has nothing to root for.

— Carol Tavris

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.

— Tommy Lasorda

What do I think about when I strike out? I think about hitting home runs.

— Babe Ruth

You win pennants in the off season when you build your teams with trades and free agents.

— Earl Weaver

Baseball will be back to Montreal, I want to see it. I want it to happen before I die. I will see…

— Felipe Alou

Bryan Habana likes to talk himself up before games and then nothing happens.

— David Campese

Once you can control that strike zone, you can make better swings and hit the ball better every time.

— Xander Bogaerts

Peter Gammons went on to Sports Illustrated and ESPN, and was on everyone's shortlist of best baseball writers ever.

— Donald Trump

I know it's tough. Everybody in baseball knows its tough. I'm just going to give it my best shot.

— Mark McGwire

Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

— Gaylord Perry

I couldn't be a White Sox fan because that was like being a Mets or a Yankees fan.

— Hillary Clinton

I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no hit game.

— Bob Feller

Baseball is my true passion. Skating was more of a short-term goal.

— Eddy Alvarez

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

— Nick Johnson

I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar.

— Bob Lemon