Ballplayer Quotes

58 quotes by 48 authors

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer. — Branch Rickey
A pitcher is not a ballplayer. — Christy Mathewson
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence. — Barry Zito
Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer — John Kruk
I want everybody to feel he has a chance to get into a game when he comes to the ballpark. I play guys when I… — Gene Mauch
A coach can't be concerned with the poor ballplayer. If the player can't make it, he's got to be out right away. It's a very… — John McNally
On two legs, Mickey Mantle would have been the greatest ballplayer who ever lived. — Nellie Fox
He was the strangest of all our national sports idols. But not even his disagreeable character could destroy the image of his greatness as a… — Jimmy Cannon
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today. — Ty Cobb
I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer.… — Frank Robinson
I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a… — George Brett
You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't… — Barry Sanders
My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad. — Dwight Gooden
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give. — Roberto Clemente
If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body. — Roberto Clemente
I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer. — Hank Aaron
The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new… — Steve Garvey
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist. — Rogers Hornsby
To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer. — Mickey Mantle
Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was. — Mickey Mantle

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