Baseball Quotes
- I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime. — Babe Ruth
- You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow… — Babe Ruth
- I know, but I had a better year than Hoover. — Babe Ruth
- I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park. — Babe Ruth
- To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today. — Babe Ruth
- Today I am the greatest of all time. — Rickey Henderson
- A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to… — Branch Rickey
- Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up. — Sharon Olds
- A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly. — Phil Jackson
- A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that… — Tom Seaver
- All I have is natural ability. — Mickey Mantle
- Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a Communist. — Alvin Dark
- Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed. — John Fowles
- Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike. — W. P. Kinsella
- Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. — Bill Bradley
- But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out. — Ernest Lawrence
- He (Eric Davis) gets power from his bat speed.....it's like he has cork in his arms. — Pete Rose
- He bats like a lightning rod. — W. P. Kinsella
- I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
- I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat. — Mike Ditka