Baseball Quotes - Page 26

In baseball, I was always in control of everything until I let the ball go.

Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it.

Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.

I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.

What makes a good man?

I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Trying to hit Sandy Koufax was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

If he raced his pregnant wife he'd finish third.

If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don't stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you'll never see it again.

Speed slows down the game.

The great thing about baseball is when you're done, you'll only tell your grandchildren the good things. If they ask me about 1989, I'll tell them I had amnesia.

In 2005, a man diagnosed with multiple myeloma asked me if he would be alive to watch his daughter graduate from high school in a few months. In 2009, bound to a wheelchair, he watched his daughter graduate from college. The wheelchair had nothing to do with his cancer. The man had fallen down while coaching his youngest son's baseball team.

I never rush myself. See, they can't start the game without me.

I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.

Hitting is better than sex.

Baseball has done more to move America in the right direction than all of the professional patriots with all their cheap words.

I'm playing baseball because I love it, not because I need the money or attention. That is why I've been so dedicated. I've accomplished a lot of things no one ever thought I could, and I've done it from hard work.

I didn't feel good today- little things here and there- but that's the nature of this game. You just keep pushing, being mentally and physically ready. Some days are better than others, but even if you don't feel so good, you get yourself going.