Baseball Quotes · Page 9

I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

— Max Scherzer

I love the game of baseball.

— Nomar Garciaparra

Hey man! Get away from me!

— Mickey Mantle

I'm a baseball freak.

— Dee Dee Myers

Baseball is a crazy game.

— Max Fried

I played second base.

— Marc Randolph

I thought he had been shot.

— Joe DiMaggio

Baseball's my life.

— Justin Verlander

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.

— Alyssa Milano

The Dodgers to me are the Yankees of the National League.

— Joe Torre

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

— Babe Ruth

I really loved playing third base.

— Aaron Boone

If you're not in the game, you can't hit a home run.

— David Hasselhoff

I stare out the window and wait for spring,

— Rogers Hornsby

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.

— Jerry Seinfeld

He must have made that before he died.

— Yogi Berra

I got kind of spoiled when I was young coming up in the big leagues and made the postseason.

— Kyle Schwarber

Baseball is a religion in my classroom. It's a very important part of life, baseball.

— Rafe Esquith

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

— Steve Ballmer

Just kind of finding it, that's what Spring Training is for, to work on stuff and get ready.

— J. D. Martinez

A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.

— Phil Jackson

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

— Jeremy Bonderman

Hitters never showed me up, as hard as I threw. And I was pretty mean out on the mound.

— Goose Gossage

In the 8th inning you can't hear the roar of the 9th, all you can do to hold yourself together, and trust.

— Jim Abbott

The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place,…

— Peter Kreeft

I've done it before where I get guys banging their bat on the ground after their second or third at-bat because you…

— Pat Connaughton

In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go…

— Dot Richardson

Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio, are the two toughest communities in which you have to put together a winning football team. They…

— Brent Musburger

Before seeing 'The Pride of the Yankees,' you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who…

— Manny Farber

“It was as if this baseball coach had reached inside me, found a rusty switch marked: 'turn on before attempting use' -…

— Michael Lewis

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by…

— Satchel Paige

It's always nice to hit a home run, no matter if it's your first or your last. It's always fun, especially for…

— Trea Turner

I could throw the ball hard, but at this level if you're not accurate, it's easy for batters to light you up…

— Yu Darvish

He means as much as Roberto Clemente does to Latin people. Thank God I had the opportunity to know him. I wish…

— Albert Pujols

Roberto Clemente played the game of baseball with great passion. That passion could only be matched by his unrelenting commitment to make…

— Manny Sanguillen

I used to take acting so seriously, but after we did the Quest pilot and the show sold, Kurt Russel said, "You…

— Tim Matheson

“It’s Curt Schilling and his bloody sock staring down the Yankees in the Bronx. It’s Derek Lowe taking the mound the very…

— Tucker Elliot

I don't know what Joe (DiMaggio) wanted (in regards to being called 'the greatest living ballplayer'), but I don't have a problem,…

— Willie Mays

It's not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn't sing you a…

— Jocko Willink

“I believe baseball and the Church are deeply kindred spirits—both feature obscure rules that make sense only to initiates, both have communions…

— Robert E. Barron