Baseball Quotes · Page 17

There's no way I can go play for the Yankees.

— Johnny Damon

I enjoy every bit of baseball I can get.

— Pedro Martinez

As I remember it, the bases were loaded.

— Garry Maddox

True Yankees are born, not made.

— Jay Mohr

I hated the Yankees and Dodgers and wound up managing both.

— Joe Torre

Baseball's a funny game; people mature at different times.

— Corey Seager

And it's a long drive down the line to centerfield.

— Jerry Coleman

For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.

— Eddie Murray

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

— Carl Hubbell

A manager's job in baseball, more than any other sport, is managing people.

— John Smoltz

You're not going to hit a bunch of three-run homers every game.

— Ben Zobrist

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

— Joe Garagiola

I think the bullpen is always a possibility for anyone, but that's not where I plan on being.

— Matt Cain

Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate

— Dale Murphy

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

— Jim Evans

The National League was born the following year, as an attempt to exert the control of capital over labor.

— John Thorn

“Perry would disown me for wearing a Yankees sweatshirt, but he would never know, and I was too cold to care about…

— Kim Harrington

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove. Vance Law…

— Bob Lemon

Don Baylor, New York Yankees DH, on Billy Martin and his predecessor Yogi Berra: Playing for Yogi is like playing for your…

— Don Baylor

Jeter is a six-tool player...I've never eaten with him so I can't tell you if he has good table mannners, but I…

— Johnny Oates

I was able to live out my dream of playing baseball, and I've got to do the same for my kids and…

— Ken Griffey Jr

I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film…

— Chuck Connors

Give me 10 high school pitchers, let me spend a week with them, and I'll show you 10 pitchers who won't balk.…

— Doug Harvey

I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.

— Branch Rickey

Sammy Sosa? Everybody knew who Sammy was, paid attention to Sammy. I had already signed in pro ball when he had the…

— Alfonso Soriano

Since its beginnings, baseball has been guided by an invisible hand. A set of unwritten rules that all players are expected to…

— Carlos Correa

There is only one Mariano Rivera. There wont be another person who will come along and do what he did. No one…

— Jorge Posada

The hats of all eras thrill me. People don't wear them anymore. So when you see an outfit completed by a hat…

— Ruth E. Carter

Baseball is the slow creation of something beautiful. It is the almost boringly paced accumulation of what seems slight or incidental into…

— Joshua Ferris

When I was a kid, I played sports a lot. My mom and dad were divorced, but I hung out in the…

— Alex Gibney

Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great…

— John Fowles

I did a more serious turn in a movie called 'Moneyball.' It's a baseball movie, where I play the character of Scott…

— Chris Pratt

I think the good Lord is a Yankee.

— Mariano Rivera

I'm a leadoff or a two-hole hitter, contact guy.

— Trea Turner

There's more in this world than just baseball.

— Anthony Rendon

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

— Yogi Berra

There's one word that describes baseball - You never know.

— Bill Vaughan

I keep my eys clear and I hit 'em where they ain't.

— Willie Keeler

A good umpire is the umpire you don't even notice

— Ban Johnson

If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

— Ted Williams