Football Quote by Jose Canseco

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth - that means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and…

— Anonymous

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television.

— Bob Greene

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

— Phyllis McGinley

Nothing in our daily life offers more of the comfort of continuity, the generational connection of belonging to a vast and complicated American family,…

— Ken Burns

The NFL is not a national pastime. It's a national addiction.

— Mark Schlereth

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And…

— Ann Richards

Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots…

— Evan Bayh

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

— Babe Ruth

Baseball is not a conventional industry. It belongs neither to the players nor management, but to all of us. It is our national pastime,…

— John Thorn

There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and every other…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Don't quote me on this, but if they ever manage to ban beer advertising in baseball you can kiss the national pastime goodbye.

— Roger Maris

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

— Phyllis McGinley

Baseball has long been a national pastime that many Americans have cherished.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It's gossip.

— Erma Bombeck

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

— Lou Gehrig