Baseball Quotes - Page 29

Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

Taking the GED and moving on to my dream of playing baseball was what I wanted to do, and my mom and dad supported me.

I ought to break this trophy into 32 pieces

Baseball is the greatest of all team sports.

In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven out of ten times at the plate. So what does that tell you about the game and its difficulty?

Correct thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial.

The Big Hurt describes me perfectly-not as a person, but as a player. It's what I do to a baseball.

If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor.

It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!

Baseball caps never go out of style and are easy to wear. Beyond baseball, beyond sports, I really do think a baseball cap is for everyone.

I just want to play baseball.

I think, a lot of things get wrestled around with Christianity in this day and age about what it means, what it stands for and I think it gets the wrong connotation all over the world. So, for me, using baseball and using Jesus' name - I really just want to focus on Him. I don't want to think about Christianity or the religious aspect of it. You just want to focus on Jesus and loving Jesus. Saying you're a Christian shouldn't turn people off. You should love people well and that's Jesus' first commandment!

I know I didn't do anything to desire the talent, that God gave me. What a blessing it is to throw a baseball for a living! I know I'm very privileged to get to do that, so - that said I don't want to take that for granted! I want to do everything I possibly can to make it worth my while, make it worth God's time. With that comes a competitive advantage - I think I'm pitching for a lot more than just winning a baseball game, trying to honor Him in everything I'm doing - and winning's pretty fun too! So, I like doing that!.

I've always been taught to play the game hard. Baseball is such a tough game, it really humbles you at times, you just have to try not to get too high or too low.

You can have money piled to the ceiling but the size of your funeral is still going to depend on the weather.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

A man ought to get all he can earn. A man who knows he's making money for other people ought to get some of the profit he brings in. Don't make any difference if it's baseball or a bank or a vaudeville show. It's business, I tell you. There ain't no sentiment to it. Forget that stuff.

You've got to have camaraderie or togetherness on a baseball team if you want to win.

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

I'm not perfect. Nobody's perfect. But I love baseball and I love to play hard.