Anything Quote by Joe Torre

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

— Bert Campaneris

Even in those years when we were losing, it's playing baseball for a living and having a good time. I learned a lot from…

— Ryan Zimmerman

I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.

— Balthazar Getty

To be able to play a couple of decades, I never thought I'd play that long.

— Adam Vinatieri

I played for nine different teams throughout my 22-year major league career and I loved every moment of every team.

— Goose Gossage

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

— Nolan Ryan

I played from 14 to 18 - like, I was very good at it. I was Mr. Baseball my freshman year. We were good…

— Rich Homie Quan

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

— Tom Seaver

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

— Allan Ray

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

— Mickey Mantle

I've played in some big games throughout my career - postseason games, All-Star Games, a couple of World Series.

— Brandon Crawford

I told myself coming into the league that if I could play for six or seven years, that would have been a great career.

— Robert Parish