Baseball Quotes · Page 59

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.

— Erma Bombeck

Never let yourself get fooled by the same pitcher on the same pitch on the same day.

— George Kell

My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.

— Oscar Taveras

I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.

— Maggie Lawson

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

— John McGraw

If we keep continuously putting up good at-bats, the next guy will come through.

— Alex Bregman

Billy (Martin) was a great one for jokes. He liked to play a joke more than anyone I ever knew.

— Mickey Mantle

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

— Mark Teixeira

Baseball is a great example of the cultural ties between the United States and Cuba and a powerful reminder of the shared…

— Ben Rhodes

“The naked pinch hitter takes only one thing to the plate: his raw, and somewhat irrational, confidence in himself. That this confidence…

— Thomas Boswell

You just try your best, just try to do damage any way you can. It can be one at-bat, it can be…

— Juan Soto

I've never done any bat-speed training or anything like that. There are things that you work on during the offseason in the…

— Kyle Schwarber

Every one of my guy friends I played baseball with were Backstreet Boys fans as well. So it's not something I felt…

— Chris Lane

When I'm not at work, I put deep conditioner in my hair and wear a baseball cap. I'll just roll around on…

— Sarah Rafferty

“Chase Stern steps out of the dugout and I lean forward, admiring the perfect fit of his pants, his confident stride to…

— Alessandra Torre

I got some good news earlier today before the show. Thanks to Alex Rodriguez, I am no longer the most overpaid disappointment…

— David Letterman

If someone wants to lead a double life, they will find a way to do it. And they can promise you things…

— Stephanie Klein

My flexibility is probably my No. 1 asset. Obviously we need to have a strong shoulder, strong scapula, strong lats, and a…

— Jake Arrieta

He [Vince Spadea] was about as down and out as you could see from a Top 20 player. Then to claw his…

— Andy Roddick

Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to…

— Bob Gibson

Baseball is about homecoming. It is a journey by theft and strength, guile and speed, out around first to the far island…

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have…

— John Madden

If you are facing a guy with a high walk rate, shrink the zone a little bit. If another pitcher has a…

— Marcus Semien

Leaving wasn't a personal thing where I intentionally wanted to stick it to management or anyone. This is business. I felt I…

— Albert Belle

I look back now and realize you have to learn the system. Not kiss ass, but you have to learn the system.

— Ozzie Guillen

“I watch basketball like I watch baseball: I don’t. I’d much rather watch grass grow. Actually, golf isn’t that bad.”

— Jarod Kintz

What I miss when I'm away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins.

— Billy Martin

The Phillies beat the Cubs today in a doubleheader. That puts another keg in the Cubs' coffin.

— Jerry Coleman

I love playing this game and every spring training feels like the first.

— Rickey Henderson

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

— Pete Rose

I closely follow football (and basketball and baseball) for the right reasons, not the alarmingly irrelevant ones.

— Skip Bayless

Every member of our baseball team at West Point became a general: this proves the value of team sports.

— Omar N. Bradley

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

— Jason Heyward

“If there are any curses left in baseball, they are all on the north side of Chicago.”

— Tucker Elliot

When a team is not winning, someone must suffer. It's the same in baseball or anything else.

— George Mikan

Wilder touches all the bases... in some kind of shorthand way. Now that's art.

— James Naughton

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

— Garth Brooks

When you give your team five innings, you don't really feel good about five innings.

— Max Scherzer

People in the U.S. like good baseball, whether you're on the home team or not.

— Anonymous

If you don't root for the Dodgers, you might not get into heaven,

— Tommy Lasorda