Baseball Quotes
1871 quotes by 890 authors
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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
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I'm not a great deductive thinker, but I will admit to having competence in a very wide range of things - not being afraid to…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is…
— Temple Grandin
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I knew at a young age, whether I was playing baseball or hockey or lacrosse, that my teammates were counting on me, whether it be…
— Wayne Gretzky
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Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could…
— Ray Dalio
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Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in…
— Alvin Dark
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I was able to get operated on four days after I was diagnosed. It was just a matter of getting this baseball-sized tumor out of…
— Eric Davis
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Baseball is not what I love. It's my job.
— Eric Davis
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I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well.
— Eric Davis
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I was hitting .360 when I was diagnosed. I didn't forget how to play while I was recovering. I don't know if the cancer is…
— Eric Davis
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The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.
— Dizzy Dean
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When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.
— Joe DiMaggio
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You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party…
— Joe DiMaggio
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You start chasing a ball and your brain immediately commands your body to 'Run forward, bend, scoop up the ball, peg it to the infield,'…
— Joe DiMaggio
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The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears…
— Joe DiMaggio
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If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.
— Phyllis Diller
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Honestly, I'm not a big fan of baseball.
— Novak Djokovic
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Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
— Leo Durocher
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If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.
— Leo Durocher
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You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.
— Leo Durocher
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