Baseball Quotes · Page 37

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

— Ted Williams

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

— Ban Johnson

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

— Willie Keeler

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

— Bill Vaughan

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

— Yogi Berra

“You can never tell about those Yankees!”

— L.M. Montgomery

A good lead-off hitter is a pain in the ass to pitchers.

— Richie Ashburn

I keep pitchin em and you keep missin em.

— Foghorn Leghorn

I think there's sexiness in infield hits because they require technique.

— Ichiro Suzuki

“Deep down, it's all baseball, no matter what kind of geometrical shape you play it with.”

— Vernon D. Burns

One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.

— Anonymous

I'd find the fellow who lost it [million dollars], and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

— Yogi Berra

“That's like bringing a guy up from the minors to pitch the World Series.”

— Mario Puzo

The only way I can't hit .300 is if there's something physically wrong with me.

— Pete Rose

Winning the World Series is really all that we play this game for.

— Clayton Kershaw

You know what God told the Cubs? Don't do anything until I come back.

— Pete Rose

John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third…

— Judy Johnson

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign…

— Morgan Freeman

“what inning is the world in right now, would you say? Top of the ninth? Bottom of the ninth?” “Neither,” the pastor…

— Tim LaHaye

Growing up wanting to be a baseball player, then being able to have fans who respect you for how you play the…

— Kyle Schwarber

As a kid, I wore the same Oakland A's hat for like six or seven years. It was faded white and green.…

— Trevor Bauer

I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name.…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

That whole thing about, 'Hey, ex-catchers are the best managers.' Listen, pitching coaches have some brains, too. Sometimes they're not all there,…

— Don Cooper

Don't tell me about the world. Not today. It's springtime and they're knocking baseball around fields where the grass is damp and…

— Pete Hamill

“And in that moment he felt- for the first time that optimistic and cheerful boy allowed himself to feel- how badly made…

— Michael Chabon

When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent…

— Doug Harvey

“Sometimes, in a tight game with runners on, digging in at short, ready to break with the ball, a peace I'd never…

— Stuart Dybek

I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed…

— Herbert Hoover

Honestly, I was a troublemaker. The environment I grew up in, my mom and my sister, they decided they were going to…

— Lou Williams

There was a point at which I thought I'd never get the most valuable player, especially the years I played at Minnesota.…

— Rod Carew

If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father…

— Babe Ruth

There was a time when rival teams used a shift against me. They would put the second baseman on the shortstop's side…

— Harmon Killebrew

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

— Robin Williams

A pitcher is only as good as his legs.

— Early Wynn

Be ready to hit; get good pitches to hit.

— Brett Gardner

You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

— Yogi Berra

My dreams do not end with playing Major League Baseball.

— Derek Jeter

I don't rate them, I just hit them.

— Willie Mays

Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.

— Satchel Paige

I'd rather win a World Series than have my number retired.

— Nolan Arenado