Baseball Quotes · Page 131

I love the fans, I love the game of baseball, and I love Cincinnati baseball.

— Pete Rose

The Philadelphia Phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball.

— Harry Kalas

Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

— Daniel Okrent

Roger (Maris) was a class act and I know exactly what he went through.

— Mark McGwire

If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people.

— Mackenzie Astin

The early years of my career weren't exactly smooth, as we struggled to make any sort of postseason appearance.

— Tom Izzo

Look for the seams (on a knuckleball) and then hit in-between them.

— Harmon Killebrew

That space between the white lines, that's my office. That's where I conduct my business.

— Early Wynn

When something happens to a pitcher, whether it's mentally or physically, it's a lot more fun to do the things you want…

— John Smoltz

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never…

— Gaylord Perry

If I'm a pitcher, my only point would be that if I'm a relief pitcher, I think I like the idea of…

— Joe Maddon

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for…

— Tom Seaver

It baseball is an American institution and more lasting than some marriages, war, Supreme Court decisions and even major depressions

— Art Rust, Jr

I love the game of baseball. Like I love playing, I'm just not good at - I don't enjoy the media part…

— Anthony Rendon

I'm the best. That's why I'm so relaxed out there. You've got to have some arrogant bones in your body, especially to…

— Josh Beckett

I've taken my boys to the house I grew up in. Taken them to the site of Ebbets Field, where the Dodgers…

— Larry King

Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to…

— David Brin

To me, baseball is as honorable as any other business. It is the most honest pastime in the world. It has to…

— Charles Comiskey

Night baseball isn't an aberration. What's an aberration is a team that hasn't won a World Series since 1908. They tend to…

— George Will

I'm proud of everything that I've accomplished since I was a little boy. That was my dream - to be a ballplayer.…

— Roberto Alomar

You figure when you match up against other clubs and you go through the lineup one through nine, you get to the…

— Gerrit Cole

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I…

— Joe Gibbs

These kids today, they want to be men, they want to be foxhole guys, but they’re not being allowed to do that.…

— Tom Seaver

Baseball players are not specialists; they all have to do it all. That is why I, and many aficionados, dislike the American…

— Mark Kurlansky

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

— Joe DiMaggio

Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?

— Pete Rose

As one of nine men, DiMaggio is the best player that ever lived.

— Connie Mack

“I can’t wait to knock you up and have a whole team of little baseball players around this place!”

— J. Sterling

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

— Hank Aaron

Each time I go back to bat, I will want to get more and more runs.

— K. L. Rahul

Even when I played in little league as a kid, I liked making friends, but I didn't want to be there, really.

— Kurt Vile

T-ball would be the perfect nickname for you. Whenever a guy steps to the plate, he never strikes out.

— Prince Shawn

The day I got a hit off (Sandy) Koufax was when he knew it was all over.

— Sparky Anderson

A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.

— Early Wynn

“The guy is a douche of the highest order. Baseball justice is a fastball inside. You know that as well as I…

— Anonymous

Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.

— Tug McGraw

The last thing I wanted to do was get buried in Triple-A behind prospects.

— J. D. Martinez

I want to thank everyone who has ever put on a Cubs uniform and anyone who has ever rooted for the Cubs.

— Theo Epstein

I don't think I'm going to dwell on one pitch. You've got to be able to shake that off in the middle…

— Gerrit Cole

Everybody makes mistakes. You have to be careful when you make your mistakes. Now is not a good time to make a…

— Nick Markakis