I know for sure I came a long way since the day I signed and growing up as a kid just trying… — Xander Bogaerts Copy Share Image
Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick… — Bob Uecker Copy Share Image
There's a moment when you come to a certain point, and if you make the leap you get to the big leagues.… — Natalia Lafourcade Copy Share Image
I don't expect any red carpet to the big leagues. If the opportunity comes, then it comes. But I don't think I'm… — Ryne Sandberg Copy Share Image
I couldn't believe I was in the big leagues. I also knew that I have to work hard every single day to… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to pencil you in as the kind of player that you're going to be after a few years in the… — Christian Yelich Copy Share Image
In 2016, I had an .870 OPS before I stopped playing every day. An .870 OPS in the big leagues? That plays.… — Tommy Pham Copy Share Image
When you go into the minor leagues and you take a kid out after 75 to 90 pitches, what do you expect… — John Smoltz Copy Share Image
As I look out there and see the culture of baseball, a lot of blacks and Latins, it's given me a lot… — Billy Williams Copy Share Image
I wasn't sure I was ever going to get the opportunity to play in the big leagues. So when I got it,… — Max Fried Copy Share Image
If you reach a point where your entire farm system is in the big leagues, you've traded a couple guys for players… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
There's three things that as a professional athlete you want. You want to get to the big leagues, and I accomplished that.… — Albert Pujols Copy Share Image
I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then… — Tommy Lasorda Copy Share Image
Johnny Bench befriended me my first year in the big leagues. He took me under his wing during my first All-Star Game… — Gary Carter Copy Share Image
I never really expected to hit cleanup. And I never envisioned myself hitting 20 home runs in the big leagues. When I… — Brandon Crawford Copy Share Image
I feel like a pioneer with the split-fingered fastball. I was the first one to really throw it pretty much 100 percent… — Bruce Sutter Copy Share Image
I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the… — Barry Zito Copy Share Image
I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical… — Russell Wilson Copy Share Image
You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually,… — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has… — Tony Oliva Copy Share Image
I kept listening in the minor leagues, and even earlier than that, people would say, 'If you don't hit the fastball, you're… — Jose Altuve Copy Share Image
Once I got to the big leagues, Dad saw every one of my 10,000 or so plate appearances. By the time I… — Chipper Jones Copy Share Image
I'm probably in the bottom 25 percent of athletes in the big leagues, just on pure athletic capability. But I've taught myself,… — Trevor Bauer Copy Share Image
In baseball, I don't fraternize with players when it's time to hit. I'm preparing for the game. It's the most important time… — Albert Belle Copy Share Image
I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second.… — Prince Fielder Copy Share Image
When you get to the big leagues, the talent pool is on such a level playing field, you have to find a… — Jake Peavy Copy Share Image
