Baseball Quotes · Page 86

A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game.

— Peter Ueberroth

I was given a gift to throw a baseball. I didn't do anything to deserve that.

— Clayton Kershaw

I like football. I like baseball. When the pitcher and the batter start fighting, that's the best.

— Pablo Francisco

We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player.

— Branch Rickey

Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.

— Babe Ruth

Volleyball is like going to church ... many attend, but few understand.

— John Kessel

The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do.

— Ty Cobb

In my opinion, baseball is as big a business as anything there is. It has to be a business, the way it…

— Jackie Robinson

It's kind of glorious to say, "Oh man, this guy had his career cut short." I'm not calling myself Sandy Koufax by…

— Prince Fielder

Our team goal is pretty simple ... basically prepare ourselves to play for nine innings every day, every series, and against every…

— Curtis Granderson

“... there’s almost nothing worse than spending an entire day anticipating watching a Yankees vs. Red Sox game, only to have the…

— Tucker Elliot

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I…

— Bob Feller

For me, baseball just brings up a lot of nostalgic, happy feelings because I enjoyed it as a kid, and I liked…

— Robert Lorenz

There are some instances where I don't have an opportunity to do anything but walk. There are instances where I get pitches…

— Joey Votto

Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally…

— Jean Shepherd

That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience…

— Joe Walsh

“Ted Williams hit 17 career grand slams. He is the toughest batter to get out in major league history. It was never…

— Tucker Elliot

The only time I really try for a strikeout is when I'm in a jam. If the bases are loaded with none…

— Sandy Koufax

There are so many great moments in Yankee Stadium. There is nothing better or no better place better to compete when you…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I like the style of National League baseball. I like the different moves that have to be made. I like the fact…

— Buster Posey

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper…

— Evan Bayh

The Yippie demonstrations were merely an attack of mental disobedience on an obediently insane society... and if you feel you have been…

— Phil Ochs

I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all…

— Ford Frick

You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.

— Whitey Ford

You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys.

— Dale Long

I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning.

— Dave LaPoint

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

— F.W. Dupee

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys…

— Casey Stengel

I never questioned the integrity of an umpire. Their eyesight, yes.

— Leo Durocher

At one point, I was the youngest owner in major league sports.

— Paul Allen

“but offered him nothing beyond that. Dodger, for his part, would remove”

— Peter David

You know a guy. You know what's their best pitch. But catching it - that's different.

— Carlos Ruiz

“Real ballplayers pass the stuffing by rolling it up in a ball and batting it across the table with a turkey leg.”

— Tom Swyers

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

— Chase Utley

I don't just want to play in the playoffs. I want to win the World Series.

— Robinson Cano

Sympathy is something that shouldn't be bestowed on the Yankees. Apparently it angers them.

— Bob Feller

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

— Roberto Clemente

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

— Finn Wittrock

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

— Tucker Elliot