Baseball Quotes

The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games

Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation.

Hello again, everybody... It's a bee-yoo-tiful day for baseball.

I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.

What does a mama bear on the pill have in common with the World Series? No cubs.

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!

Yeah we're not together anymore. She has got - she has got a new boyfriend now. They just moved into together. And I've heard rumors that he is abusive, which makes you want to go over there with a baseball bat. And then blame it on her boyfriend.

Aw, how could he Jorge Orta lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico.

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Back, back, back, back. Gone.

Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer.

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

Never permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure.

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.

Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

If a guy is taking his girl for granted, he really deserves a slap, with a baseball bat.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

I am not concerned with being liked or disliked. I am concerned with being respected

I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

If I had to choose between baseball’s Hall of Fame and first class citizenship for all of my people. I would say first-class citizenship.

To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.