Dan Quisenberry

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

— Dan Quisenberry

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open.…

— Dan Quisenberry

The future is much like the present, only longer.

— Dan Quisenberry

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

— Dan Quisenberry

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it…

— Dan Quisenberry

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

— Dan Quisenberry

I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief…

— Dan Quisenberry

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

— Dan Quisenberry

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense.…

— Dan Quisenberry

I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.

— Dan Quisenberry

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

— Dan Quisenberry

Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.

— Dan Quisenberry

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

— Dan Quisenberry

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.

— Dan Quisenberry

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.

— Dan Quisenberry

When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse,…

— Dan Quisenberry

It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when…

— Dan Quisenberry

“I have seen the future and its like the present. Only longer.”

— Dan Quisenberry

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just…

— Dan Quisenberry

Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.

— Dan Quisenberry

His contract has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.

— Dan Quisenberry

I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.

— Dan Quisenberry

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.

— Dan Quisenberry

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

— Dan Quisenberry

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall,…

— Dan Quisenberry