Baseball Quotes

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I want more runs in baseball itself. When you were raised on a sandlot, where the scores ran twenty-three to sixty-one, you yearn for something… — Herbert Hoover
I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was no good. — Herbert Hoover
I was not able to work up much enthusiasm over the ball game, and in the midst of it I was handed a note informing… — Herbert Hoover
Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure. — Herbert Hoover
The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training. — Herbert Hoover
Through baseball we channel boys desire for exercise and let off their explosive violence without letting them get into the police court. — Herbert Hoover
Everyone has an enemy. It's why God gave us baseball bats. Well, He gave us trees, but we knew what He meant. — Christopher Titus
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience… — Branch Rickey
Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true. — Dale Murphy
When you step into the batter's box, have nothing on your mind except baseball. — Pete Rose
To understand him you had to understand this: he wasn't human. — Joe Dugan
If you managed a baseball team, would you listen more closely to the team accountant or the director of player personnel? — Jack Welch
Ballet is the fairies baseball. — Oscar Levant
I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and… — Eric Idle
And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the… — Parminder Nagra
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another… — Al Kaline
Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in… — Chad Harbach
I remember the last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my… — Willie Mays
I very much related to the idea of sexual identity and how it doesn't have to be black and white. When I first came out,… — Dee Rees
I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big,… — Wanda Sykes

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