Baseball Quotes · Page 66

Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.

— Vin Scully

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one…

— Tommy Lasorda

I'm going to the All-Star Game as an Oriole and as a shortstop. It's just always a blessing. I thank God.

— Manny Machado

When Guante started, they thought he'd be like popcorn, one of the most popular things around.

— Jerry Coleman

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

— George Bernard Shaw

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

— Babe Ruth

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it…

— Joe Garagiola

If I could even do that [playing] in a softball league, I would never miss anything about baseball.

— Prince Fielder

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one…

— Sparky Anderson

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to…

— Suzanne Fields

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

— Judy Johnson

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

— Tim LaHaye

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

— Morgan Freeman

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

Safeco Field is a lot like a National League park. Because of that, we're more of a pitching-defensive type club. Anaheim and…

— Pat Gillick

My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball.…

— Magic Johnson

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his…

— Bob Uecker

In days of yore, Opening Day of the baseball season was special, signifying that spring had come at last. Today, however, Opening…

— Frank Deford

Everybody wants to know, 'How do you throw a curveball, how do you throw a slider, how do you throw this and…

— Cliff Lee

“Years later he would say that when he'd decided to become a professional baseball player, it was the only time he'd done…

— Michael Lewis

I want to be a starter again, I would really enjoy playing for the Phillies again, but my first consideration in making…

— Chan Ho Park

“Well, did anything interesting happen today?' [my father] would begin. And even before the daily question was completed I had eagerly launched…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.

— George Brett

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

— Bill Veeck

The best thing about baseball is that you can do something about yesterday tomorrow.

— Manny Trillo

Batter strikeouts continue to go up like the Consumer Price Index.

— Leonard Robert Davids

To hit a home run in any part of the game is an amazing feeling. To me, that's the best part of…

— Ronald Acuna Jr

In spring training I'm in every newspaper (in Korea) every day. In the regular season, they watch it on TV.

— Hee-seop Choi

Never let the fear of striking out, keeps you from playing the game.

— Jai Rathour

Being part of a couple of World Series championships will give you some sense of comfort.

— Brandon Crawford

In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

— Muhammad Ali

At the age of 7 I said, 'I know what I'm gonna be in life and I'm gonna be a Major League…

— John Smoltz

Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.

— Richard M. Nixon

I always loved music, I just never thought of it as a career. Baseball was always my thing.

— Brett Young

This is what you live to play baseball for is playing in front of your home crowd in the playoffs.

— Kyle Schwarber

Any strikeout record worth having is in a Texas pitcher's pocket. I might come join them one day.

— Josh Beckett

I'm trying to throw more curves because I'm always throwing fastball, slider, fastball, slider.

— Yu Darvish

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

— Bradley Whitford