I never had any lessons in baseball; I just watched on TV and tried to copy what I saw. — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
You don't want to end up with a huge tally of runs after eight games but with your team out of contention. — Gautam Gambhir Copy Share Image
I hate baseball. It's dull. Nothing happens. It's like watching grass - no, Astroturf - grow — Jeff Jarvis Copy Share Image
My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out, sometimes by striking them out. — Tom Seaver Copy Share Image
I enjoy coming to the ballpark every day. I don't go to work. I come here to play. — Scott Rolen Copy Share Image
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. — Mickey Mantle Copy Share Image
Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying. — Linda Ellerbee Copy Share Image
I loved watching Ken Griffey Jr play for the Mariners and when he was trade to the Reds I was especially excited… — Graham Taylor Copy Share Image
I played football in the fall when I was in high school. Then basketball, a different conditioning - you're running up and… — Keith Hernandez Copy Share Image
The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven… — Goose Gossage Copy Share Image
I said to myself I've got to go up there and do it because the New York Mets keep winning every day.… — Sammy Sosa Copy Share Image
Baseball is the reason I have my apartment, baseball is the reason I'm on the cover of video game. Baseball is what… — David Wright Copy Share Image
I don't know if I could go to another run-of-the-mill baseball department and work because it would probably feel like work. In… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I never saw anyone like Ty Cobb. No one even close to him as the greatest all-time ballplayer. That guy was superhuman,… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
What I got out of baseball is what I have today, and I've got to look at that. I still see some… — Mark Fidrych Copy Share Image
Sometimes you go to home plate, and you have an idea, like a clear idea, of what they're going to throw to… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
Agents are probably going to hate me for saying it... You're not very valuable when you're making $20 million. When you're Mike… — Mark Teixeira Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm a home run hitter. Most of my home runs are line drives. If I hit it, thanks God.… — Robinson Cano Copy Share Image
Everyone goes through those stretches. Everyone you talk to in this game, old coaches, old teammates, old players, whatnot, they all have… — Anthony Rendon Copy Share Image
I used to be a mad hitter. And then I learned the longer you wait out the ball, the better you see… — George Brett Copy Share Image
I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so… — Anthony Edwards Copy Share Image
As a kid, I grew up on a farm in Florida, and I did what most little kids do. I played a… — Rodney Mullen Copy Share Image
