Baseball Quotes · Page 57

I just mind my business and do what I have to do to get ready for the baseball season.

— Ken Griffey Jr

I mean the home run king, to me, is Hank Aaron, but statistically, it's Barry Bonds.

— Joe Buck

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

— Tom Seaver

I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money.

— Matthew Modine

I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

— Bob Sheppard

If I was just a guy who hit 24 home runs and drove in 100, I wouldn't be a special player.

— Joey Votto

Next to religion, baseball has had a greater impact on our American way of life than any other American institution.

— Herbert Hoover

I don't consider playing baseball a job. I have too much fun.

— Ryan Zimmerman

Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions…

— Bernie Sanders

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero…

— Ryne Sandberg

If you got a hit every third time that you went up to bat in the major leagues, you'd be the greatest…

— Brad Williams

Oh, poor me (jokingly, after being told that Randy Johnson & Pedro Martinez would make more in 2003 than he would). What…

— Greg Maddux

You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers…

— Jay Leno

I stayed attached to baseball through the kids and through minor league baseball, and I'm very satisfied with the schedule it allows…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I got into a bad habit of dropping my elbow and pushing the ball to the plate instead of getting on top…

— Matt Cain

Baseball is so hard as it is. For me, if you simplify it, it takes a little bit of the weight off,…

— Clayton Kershaw

The feel of a good row stays with you hours afterward. Your muscles glow, your mind wanders from the papers on you…

— Barry S. Strauss

They got a lot of kids now whose uniforms are so tight, especially the pants, that they cannot bend over to pick…

— Casey Stengel

The minute you start getting in trouble, you can't try to do new stuff. You can't try to make a nasty pitch…

— Mark Mulder

I created a little thing with my hands, just to create a more consistent plane to backspin balls, and obviously growing into…

— Cody Bellinger

It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid…

— Richard Pound

When I was a boy, I had a baseball team of my own. We played on a vacant lot between Ninetieth and…

— Jacob Ruppert

To me, baseball is as honorable as any other business. It is the most honest pastime in the world. It has to…

— Charles Comiskey

Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to…

— David Brin

I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.

— Joe Torre

When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball.

— Pete Rose

The most important part of a player's body is above his shoulders.

— Ty Cobb

Al Campanis made people finally understand what goes on behind closed doors - that there is racism in baseball.

— Frank Robinson

Have faith in the Yankees my son. Think of the great DiMaggio.

— Ernest Hemingway

Here at NBC there is just one more reason to hate the Yankees.

— Chet Huntley

Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.

— Frederick Wilcox

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.

— David Ogilvy

I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.

— Jake Arrieta

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

— Joe Garagiola

You have to learn how to become your pitching coach, if you don't, you don't last.

— John Smoltz

I don't know how the 'Richie' started. My name is Richard, and they called me Dick in the minor leagues.

— Richie Allen

How much exactly does it cost to buy a Mexican baseball team, ten bucks and a burrito?

— Danny Mcbride

I think the Angels could use me the most. The Angels don't have a day-to-day first baseman.

— Rod Carew

It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.

— Fay Vincent

Breaking the ice in the pitcher seems to be a feature of the early lives of all great men.

— Robert Benchley