Baseball Quotes · Page 129

On the road, we're hitting in the cages during our normal batting practice for our position players.

— Jake Arrieta

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump (Wrigley Field) all the time.

— Babe Ruth

I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch…

— Rachel Griffiths

You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.

— Vernon Wells

You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees.

— Bill Lee

I feel really good in the box when I get an AB in the first inning. I feel like it just starts…

— Alex Bregman

I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do.

— Mickey Mantle

The fastball is the best pitch in baseball. It's like having five pitches, if you move it around.

— Luis Tiant

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and…

— Scott Caan

On my wall, along with my favorite football players and baseball players, I had Marlon Brando and Sir Laurence Olivier. These were…

— Dennis Haysbert

I feel like if I can put myself in a good position when I'm at the plate that I'm going to give…

— Kyle Schwarber

The Cubs - with their passionate fans, dedicated ownership, tradition, and World Series drought - represented the ultimate new challenge and the…

— Theo Epstein

A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the…

— Nolan Ryan

People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never…

— Ted Williams

People get it twisted. They see the baseball stuff, and they don't see you as a human being. They see you as…

— Ryan Howard

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League…

— Gary Carter

The only players that are having fun are those having a good year, feasting on pitching or blowing down hitters and garnering…

— Dave Winfield

To be a great poker player, you're going to have to learn this fact: Everything that's said at a poker table is…

— Daniel Negreanu

You feel like a stud out there when people swing and miss. As I've gotten older, I've preached to our young guys…

— Tim Hudson

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again,…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

Initially, it (winning the 1967 American League Pennant) was what you would dream about in Little League. The winning pitcher, being on…

— Jim Lonborg

“Good afternoon... My name is Lucy... I'm going to be your right-fielder... Our special today is a misjudged fly-ball. We also have…

— Charles M. Schulz

Here's an uplifting story. Congratulations to the Little League team from Huntington Beach, California. Yeah, they beat Japan to win the Little…

— Jay Leno

As a scouting department, with the confidence we have in our player development, if a guy has the potential that we think…

— Anonymous

Usually when you get on the sweet spot of the bat, you don't really feel it.

— Aaron Judge

I need enough room to eventually throw a baseball with a child; that's all the yard I need. That's all I want.

— Jason Isbell

And you learn [how to win] starting in the minor leagues, by winning day in and day out.

— Eric Byrnes

When people put my name next to (Babe) Ruth's name it still blows me away. I'm still in awe.

— Mark McGwire

My dad, since I was growing up, has always taught me that I need to keep my mouth shut and just play…

— Alex Bregman

I watched a little bit of Altuve - how he hits, the pitches that he hits.

— Trea Turner

This year I'd rather lead the league in home runs, runs batted in and hitting.

— Mickey Mantle

My ex? Yeah I'd still hit that... But with a car or a baseball bat! ;)

— KiKi Strack

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

— Dale Murphy

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

— Anonymous

Without Cooperstown, you don't have baseball: Baseball is history.

— Brian Kilmeade

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

— Jose Altuve

“America's favorite pastime is not baseball but giving unasked-for advice to new parents.”

— Harvey Karp M.D

I always wanted to play baseball and join the circus. Now I have both.

— Graig Nettles

Adnan Virk and I work so well together, he's got the terrific background from hosting 'Baseball Tonight.'

— Scott Rogowsky

I was actually more of a baseball and Padres fan when I was younger.

— Kendra Wilkinson