Baseball Quotes · Page 67

Hitters get paid a lot of money to hit. Let's face it, man, sometimes they just do.

— Andy Pettitte

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.

— Roberto Clemente

If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.

— Derek Jeter

If I can execute pitches and keep the ball out of the middle of the plate, I know I can have success.

— Max Scherzer

When you go hard your nays become yays. Yankee stadium with Jays and Kanyes.

— Nicki Minaj

Pitching is just a giant game of chess. Predicting your opponents next move to stay one step ahead.

— Anonymous

“...the Big Red Machine was exactly that—a freaking machine.”

— Tucker Elliot

I played baseball growing up, second base, and then when I got to high school,it just didn't exist there.

— Finn Wittrock

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

I loved watching Ken Griffey Jr play for the Mariners and when he was trade to the Reds I was especially excited…

— Graham Taylor

I played football in the fall when I was in high school. Then basketball, a different conditioning - you're running up and…

— Keith Hernandez

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

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

Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.

— Linda Ellerbee

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

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

Pitching, if you have a bad start, a lot of the blame is put on you and then you have to sit…

— Stephen Gostkowski

I went to college to be a jock and to play on the baseball team. And then, I got cut and realized…

— Charlie Day

Baseball has been the greatest things in my life, but the cameras and the media surrounding baseball have not been fun. It's…

— Ichiro Suzuki

I think Barry Bonds was in a unique situation given his injuries from a year ago, the fact that he played in…

— Buck Martinez

It's always an honor to work with the Twins Community Fund and be a part of all the good that they do.…

— Ron Gardenhire

I think just having an understanding of how hard it is to hit in general when you're able to throw a bunch…

— Max Fried

Baseball grew rapidly in favor; the field was ripe. America needed a live outdoor sport, and this game exactly suited the national…

— John Montgomery Ward

Thinking about the things that happened, I don't know any other ball player would could have done what he (Jackie Robinson) did.…

— Pee Wee Reese

The way I see it, an umpire must be perfect on the first day of the season and then get better every…

— Nestor Chylak

Initially, if I get start, then I play in a flow. It is good if I bat high up in the order.

— Ravindra Jadeja

How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well…

— Charley Pride

Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and…

— Jeremy Bonderman

Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I know for a stretch, at least nine years, I was one of the best lead-off hitters in baseball

— Brady Anderson

I don't want to lead the league in infield hits because, at some point in my career, I can't get away with…

— Trea Turner

Chris Gayle is the biggest hitter. He hits long, he hits big, he is a big dude.

— Wasim Akram

I'm proud to be here as a man that has played first base more than anybody in the game of baseball.

— Eddie Murray

They haven't given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball.

— Pete Rose

You can sum up the game of baseball in one word: 'You never know.'

— Joaquin Andujar

Not everybody will become a baseball star and not everybody will make the money I'm making.

— Bobby Bonilla

I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

— Joe Nichols

I don't get caught up in the hoopla, worry about where I'm pitching or if I'm pitching Game 1 or Game 5.

— Max Scherzer

You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!

— Walter Johnson

I thought I raised a ballplayer. You're nothing but a coward and a quitter.

— Mickey Mantle