Another Quote by Phil Niekro

My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.

— Oscar Taveras

I spent so much time on the field while my dad had practices growing up that I actually developed a pretty good arm playing…

— Samantha Ponder

My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate…

— Roberto Clemente

I remember when I was 10 years old, my dad would hit hundreds of ground balls and throw hundreds of pitches for me to hit.

— Carlos Correa

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

— Matthew Stafford

There's very few pitching coaches that I worked with that actually came out on the mound and told me what I was doing wrong…

— Phil Niekro

I grew up playing baseball.

— Tyler Herro

From the time I went into baseball, I have always been handicapped by my hands, which are too small. I never saw the day…

— Pud Galvin

I was the first person in my family to play baseball.

— Christian Yelich

When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because…

— Adam DeVine

I couldn't throw a knuckleball if my life depended on it.

— Gio Gonzalez

I was a baseball player growing up and wanted to play ball.

— Ernie Johnson Jr