Baseball Quotes · Page 128

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

— Babe Ruth

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

— Derek Jeter

I don't worry about infield shifts at all - you play where you're gonna play. I'm just gonna pitch my game.

— Max Scherzer

Ive got a fantasy-baseball team with my brother. But I have to admit, he does all the work.

— David Einhorn

We know next year was suppose to be our year, but we didn't feel like waiting when we think we can win…

— Paul Konerko

Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.

— Tim Lincecum

Of all the plays in baseball, stealing home is by far the most exciting.

— Cheech Marin

One of the duties of a baseball fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him.

— Sharon Olds

I wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had…

— Jose Altuve

I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what…

— Richard M. Nixon

I was a big sports fan, and I had been closely monitoring Hank Aaron's home run totals since I was a kid…

— Craig Sager

You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as…

— Roger Clemens

I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the…

— Adam Yauch

I always had a Yankees hat around. It was my thing. It was so cool to embody yourself or think about being…

— Corey Seager

One person's going to win, and everybody else is going to not win. So let's not feel like we're losers. Let's utilize…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

My earliest childhood memory is of my father going crazy when the Giants won the World Series in 1954. He started whoopin'…

— Henry Louis Gates

If you are facing a guy with a high walk rate, shrink the zone a little bit. If another pitcher has a…

— Marcus Semien

Leaving wasn't a personal thing where I intentionally wanted to stick it to management or anyone. This is business. I felt I…

— Albert Belle

The no-hitter was the highlight of my career. The specialness of it, I didn't know how lasting it would be when it…

— Jim Abbott

Major League Baseball has created a Pete Rose purgatory, and that's where he is. And that's where he's always going to be.…

— Mike Schmidt

Speaking on all of it in general, I think we, as MMA fighters, should be getting paid just as well as the…

— Anthony Johnson

“So it's a strife here, in a way, between position—between the CEO and the top salesman; between the principal and the best…

— Timothy B. Shutt

I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized…

— Eric Davis

I think, a lot of things get wrestled around with Christianity in this day and age about what it means, what it…

— Clayton Kershaw

I've got a wife, four kids, a business, and a baseball career.

— Curt Schilling

The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.

— Earl Weaver

To be a good hitter you've got to do one thing - get a good ball to hit.

— Rogers Hornsby

My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

— Roger Clemens

People say I stole a lot of bases. I stole the bases for a reason. I crossed the plate.

— Rickey Henderson

Someday the Chicago Cubs are going to be in the World Series

— Harry Caray

The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.

— Brian Roberts

Rick Miller hit only one home run last year, and that's like hitting none.

— Jerry Coleman

I love baseball and I don't want to be part of anything that would cheapen it or vulgarize it.

— Vin Scully

I want to hit line droves. I want to hit my doubles, my singles, get on base.

— Robinson Cano

What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.

— Jeremy London

Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.

— Laraine Day

Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots (making bad pitches), we don't let ourselves hit (pitch) good ones.

— Butch Harmon

Wait until Tommy Lasorda meets the Lord and finds out He's wearing pinstripes

— Gaylord Perry

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

— Joe Garagiola

I was always taught that a catcher has to be the brains of the team.

— Carlos Ruiz