What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch. — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
Because I have so much life on my pitches, I can get away with getting too much of the plate every now… — Tim Hudson Copy Share Image
In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way. — Ernie Banks Copy Share Image
Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one. — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
I liked baseball and sports and Garbage Pail Kids and comic books. I know what it's like to really adore something. — Todd Lowe Copy Share Image
“The basis of intimidation as I practiced it was mystery. I wanted the hitter to know nothing about me.” — Bob Gibson Copy Share Image
He's a little deceiving. He doesn't have a real good arm slot as far as trying to pick the ball up out… — Craig Biggio Copy Share Image
My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said… — Bert Blyleven Copy Share Image
We were the house everybody came to. We had baseball in the backyard, roller hockey in the front yard. For football we… — T. J. Watt Copy Share Image
I had a job on college campus. I lost that job, but on my way home I heard an inner voice that… — Lou Brock Copy Share Image
All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
There's only a certain percentage of the strike zone that you can do extra-base hit, barrel damage with the ball. Just because… — Joey Votto Copy Share Image
Lasorda's standard reply when some new kid would ask directions to the whirlpool was to tell him to stick his foot in… — Steve Garvey Copy Share Image
Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a… — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
When you're a kid, you just hope you make it to the big leagues. So to get to go say you're going… — Clayton Kershaw Copy Share Image
Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing… — Ali Farahnakian Copy Share Image
I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's… — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You've got to stay positive and go out and work as hard as you can to fix things, and there are going… — Matt Harvey Copy Share Image
You're always struggling because you're not playing on a 53-and-a-third by a 120-yard field. You're not playing on a baseball diamond. With… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I was all-state in four sports in New Jersey, but sometimes I couldn't get served at a restaurant two blocks from my… — Monte Irvin Copy Share Image
No one was more important to the game of baseball in the last half of the 20th century than Henry Aaron and… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I grew up going to Dodger Stadium and I would look out there on the field with my dad and say, 'Man,… — Trevor Bauer Copy Share Image
