Age Quote by James Holzhauer

I first got into gambling because it was a way for me to leverage my love of baseball statistics. For the first few years,…

— James Holzhauer

Since coming to the major leagues, my passion toward baseball had started to decrease.

— Yu Darvish

Baseball was the escape. I played all throughout my childhood.

— Anthony Ramos

Baseball is a little bigger gamble than most, and the stakes are pretty high.

— Jacob Ruppert

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

— Allan Ray

There's a bigger difference now than when I first got into professional baseball because that was before guaranteed contracts, before there was a lot…

— Tony La Russa

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

— Nick Johnson

I was never one of those kids that felt like I had to go to practice or that I was being made to go…

— Tyler Hoechlin

Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.

— Willie Stargell

My dad was a great athlete growing up, and he could never fulfill his dreams of playing professional baseball.

— Nick Foles

I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing anything else.

— Bill Terry

Baseball was my main sport, but I peaked when I reached high school and so my baseball career stopped.

— George Winston