The Cubs - with their passionate fans, dedicated ownership, tradition, and World Series drought - represented the ultimate new challenge and the… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People always told me that my natural ability and good eyesight were the reasons for my success as a hitter. They never… — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
A successful pitcher keeps the leadoff hitter from reaching first base and puts the first pitch over for a strike - the… — Nolan Ryan Copy Share Image
That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather… — Whitey Herzog Copy Share Image
If you look at poker as a sport like baseball, then I'd be maybe a minor league or high school ballplayer. But… — Dan Bilzerian Copy Share Image
It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's… — Sandy Koufax Copy Share Image
Maintain 'baseball cards' and/or 'believability matrixes' for your people. Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats. You… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
For me, this is what I've loved to do since I was 3 years old. I was running around little baseball fields… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears… — Willie Mays Copy Share Image
“Doug Harvey was a stickler for the rules. When Harvey was in the minor leagues, all the other umpires would go out… — Peter Golenbock Copy Share Image
Different people, different backgrounds, different ideals... We walk in different doors at the beginning of the day, and we walk out of… — Scott Rolen Copy Share Image
“However, more important to all of that: the players played the game as a true team. There are many teams in baseball,… — Michael Delaware Copy Share Image
At a book festival in Fort Lauderdale, I met David Eisenhower, Ike's grandson, who was promoting his book 'Going Home to Glory:… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
There's a duty and an obligation to community that we must teach our children to honor no matter how far they go.… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
Ive always been a daydreamer. When the other kids were playing, I was listening to the roar at Yankee Stadium - I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We try to teach our players that baseball is just a game, this is not life or death; there’s a lot bigger… — Brian Cain Copy Share Image
Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to… — Eric Heiden Copy Share Image
Guys don't want to get to two strikes, so you have to make quality pitches early in the count, try to get… — Stephen Strasburg Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's an individual sport (golf), so it's the exact opposite of baseball. If you hit a bad shot, you can't say, 'Well,… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
I grew up a Yankee fan. My whole family are Yankee fans. My mom, my dad, my grandpa, everybody. Really, every generation… — Patrick Corbin Copy Share Image
The fundamentals of baseball haven't changed, but how we can teach those fundamentals has. With an e-book, learning can be more rewarding… — Dusty Baker Copy Share Image
It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what 'tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God,… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain. — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
All you ever want as a baseball player is the respect of your peers, whether it's the people you play against or… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
The Atlanta Braves are really all that our children know about this crazy baseball life, and we are so thankful for this… — Tim Hudson Copy Share Image
Growing up is a ritual, more deadly than religion, more complicated than baseball, for there seem to be no rules. Everything is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's no way I can play for the Yankees, but I know they're going to come after me hard. It's definitely not… — Johnny Damon Copy Share Image
Guys that are striking out 200 times, like Joey Gallo - in 1990 he would have hit 75 home runs every year… — Trevor Bauer Copy Share Image
I don't think there's any way you can worry about how many errors or how many bad plays you've made. You can… — Marcus Giles Copy Share Image
I don't care what the situation was, how high the stakes were - the bases could be loaded and the pennant riding… — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh… — John Kruk Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no… — Richard Gilman Copy Share Image
Willie Mays could throw better, and Hank Aaron could hit more home runs. But I've got enthusiasm. I've got desire. I've got… — Pete Rose Copy Share Image
In baseball I was able to emulate a lot of different things because I did it growing up, but I go about… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
It is hard to compare the eras, but Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb from the past, Sandy Koufax and Roger Clements from… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
