Baseball Quotes · Page 97

The only thing my father and I have in common is that our similarities are different.

— Dale Berra

Those huckleberries in the National League don't want to do anything that the American League wants to do.

— Phil Rizzuto

I told him I wasn't tired. He told me, no, but the outfielders sure are.

— Jim Kern

I think if you're playing basketball, you're helping yourself for football or baseball.

— Sean Payton

I don't want to be gone. I don't want to be somewhere else. I consider myself a Yankee.

— Jorge Posada

Do you realize how good you have to be to strike out 2000 times?

— Casey Stengel

If you get a veteran guy that's getting marginal pitches, you know you're in for a tough night and a battle.

— Alex Bregman

My introduction to sports was through baseball. That's all I knew.

— Jessica Mendoza

I actually think baseball players like to play every day. I think you see the ball better and you're at better rhythm…

— Ritch Price

I've felt some great feelings on the baseball field... in front of 50,000 people and millions on TV... but the feeling you…

— Cal Ripken, Jr

I was a better builder than a manager. I'd rather focus on maximizing the opportunities swinging for the fences than minimizing the…

— Steve Case

If I play my home games in Coors Field, I'm probably not going to be doing a whole lot of bunting. If…

— Paul DePodesta

I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of…

— Cat Osterman

'Field of Dreams.' Definitely one of the best baseball films of all time. When Kevin Costner spoke to his dad, and his…

— Fred Willard

I don't know if people know how hard it is to get a hit or how hard it is to field a…

— Morgan Ensberg

I didn't do it (pitch like he did) for show. I did it to get batters out. Players would tell me, 'We…

— Luis Tiant

If I'm shifted two steps toward third base and the ball goes up the middle, people say I have no range to…

— Derek Jeter

It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it…

— Raymond Chandler

You grow up dreaming about playing in the World Series since you're a little kid. I remember the days in the back…

— Alex Bregman

The only thing I do to my bat is put some tape around the handle to build it up a little bit…

— Tony Gwynn

(Barry) Bonds' records must remain part of baseball's history. His hits happened. Erase them and there will be discrepancies in baseball's bookkeeping…

— George Will

David Price comes and finds me out in the lobby and says, 'Dude, I really enjoy watching you pitch.' I'm just like,…

— Gerrit Cole

“Red Sox looked around Jane at the patient, “Your mind reading coming back?” “With her? Sometimes?” “Huh. You getting anything from anyone…

— J.R. Ward

No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going…

— Ken Griffey Jr

If a stolen base is there based on a pitcher's time to the plate, then steal a bag.

— Joe Maddon

To some people the limp glove, the smelly shoes, and the sturdy bat is just a game. But to me, it is…

— Savannah J

I had a marvelous baseball career and after my baseball career, there is an abundance of opportunity out there.

— Cal Ripken, Jr

“Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.”

— Tom Swyers

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

— Monte Irvin

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

— Sandy Koufax

I thought I'd be an English teacher and a baseball coach somewhere.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

“Progress always involves risk. You can’t steal second and keep one foot on first base.”

— Adam M. Grant

The one thing is the more I play second base, the more I can work on the intricate movements of that position.

— Ben Zobrist

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

— Joe Garagiola

Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.

— Jim Brosnan

I've always enjoyed baseball, but even when I was a kid I can remember viewing it with a businesslike approach.

— Lance Berkman

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.

— William Alexander

When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.

— Warren Spahn

I'm a pitchman, my business comes from the pitch, nothing else.

— Billy Mays

Trevino is in a league by himself. We don't even count him. We figure when you come in second, you're a winner.

— Chi Chi Rodriguez