Baseball Quotes · Page 99

In baseball I was very singularly focused. If I was pitching it was me versus the hitter.

— Chris Hogan

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill…

— Mickey Rivers

I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.

— Richard M. Nixon

Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.

— Rogers Hornsby

If the Cubs were to win (The World Series) it would be a coronary event for me.

— Steve Goodman

They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.

— Jerry Coleman

There never was a man on earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm…

— Satchel Paige

The stadium is a part of the Yankees and the Yankees are a part of the stadium. That will never change.

— Chuck Knoblauch

Growing up in Bloomington, Minn., I loved the ritual of dressing for Little League - in white socks, blue stirrups, belted pants,…

— Steve Rushin

During the season I really don't do anything else but play baseball. I've never wanted to get away from baseball for a…

— Darin Erstad

How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife.…

— Luke Scott

I guess show business is a lot like baseball: "Wait until next year!" You just never know. Some of the shittiest shows…

— Kurt Fuller

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on…

— Bert Campaneris

I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. "They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he…

— Ernest Hemingway

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day…

— Bill Simmons

It didn't happen, but I feel fortunate for the two chances we had and it's just a shame we didn't go to…

— Ryne Sandberg

As much as you love to finish games and all that kind of stuff, at the same time as a starting pitcher…

— Tom Glavine

Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach…

— Thomas Perez

I've taken a lot of crap from a lot of people. Probably more than anybody in the history of this sport. I…

— John Rocker

I enjoy traveling and playing baseball.Other than that, the minor leagues are tough. The wear and tear on your body.. and it's…

— Tyler Thornburg

I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would…

— Carson Daly

“And so, my beloved Kermit, my dear little Hussein, at the moment America changed forever, your father was wandering an ICBM-denuded watseland,…

— Tom Bissell

In my opinion, I've had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New…

— Derek Jeter

Our cul de sac we always had roller hockey going on, we had the big backyard, our neighbors had big backyards that…

— T. J. Watt

Baseball was a chapter in my life, and now I'm excited to start another chapter as a hitting coach.

— Mark McGwire

When you ten, you know more about your team than you ever will know again.

— Dan Shaughnessy

My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

— Wade Boggs

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

— Mike Schmidt

When you get out there on the mound, you've got what you've got, and you got to figure out a way to…

— Jacob deGrom

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than…

— Curt Flood

'' NEVER let the fear of striking out keep you from stepping up to the plate ''

— Brian Clarke

Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate.

— Susan Sarandon

“He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.”

— Collette West

My motive, and I will make it clear and look you in the eyes, is to attack major league baseball. That's my…

— Jose Canseco

At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.

— Jerry Coleman

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

— Eric Gagne

That's the thing about pinch-hitting - you usually have a chance to make a difference in the game.

— Billy Butler

This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball.

— Rickey Henderson

When you don't go deep in the ballgame, it's tough to just leave all the guys out there that are fighting still.

— Patrick Corbin

I know I'm good when I'm hitting the ball the other way - that's Albert Pujols.

— Albert Pujols