Baseball Quotes
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Don't call 'em dogs. Dogs are loyal and they run after balls.
Louise Brown -
My favorite sport is baseball; my cousin is pitcher Heath Bell.
Drake Bell
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You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?
Bill James -
I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty much, since I was in eighth, ninth grade. I look forward to not doing that.
Derek Jeter -
With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!
Jerry Coleman -
[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game of baseball. Crack! we hit the ball, and away we go. If we earn a run (in life we call it success) we get back to the home plate and sit upon a bench. If we are thrown out, we walk back to the home plate -- and sit upon a bench.
O. Henry -
I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.
Satchel Paige -
Baseball is a man maker.
A. G. Spalding
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I was a fan of baseball growing up. We played baseball; I used to play in an A&P parking lot. It wasn't always easy to find a good baseball field to play in.
Antoine Fuqua -
Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics.
Joe Torre -
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.
George Brett -
My goal on Earth is not to win a World Series or be the best baseball player who ever lived. That simply is not up to me because I have to wait and see if it is part of the Lord's plan. My goal is to follow the Lord and what he wants me to do so that someday I may enter His kingdom and receive everlasting life.
David Murphy -
Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.
Jerry Coleman -
In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.
Jose Reyes
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You should have seen Willie Wells play shortstop: as good as Ozzie Smith and a better hitter. How I wish people could have seen Ray Dandridge play third base, as good as Brooks Robinson and Craig Nettles and all of those. He was bowlegged; a train might go through there, but not a baseball.
Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin -
It's unbelievable how much you don't know about the game you've been playing all your life.
Mickey Mantle -
You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You’re sacking them. You’re bagging them. And that’s what you’re doing with a quarterback.
Deacon Jones -
Baseball is a poorly run business.
Jerry Reinsdorf -
I'm a fastball hitter. It's no secret I'm looking for a fastball every pitch. I think it's one of the hardest things to do in sports-to hit a moving baseball.
Carlos Delgado -
I grew up playing football and baseball.
Amar'e Stoudemire
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I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can.I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn't the best at that.
Adam Sandler -
Growing up, I was the only Indian kid around for miles, so I ached to belong. I had a neighborhood pack of nine guys and two girls, and we hung out all the time. We played football, baseball, and broom-hockey on the iced-up lake.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
I can push through a lot of things, whether that's failure or success. I don't know how to explain it. I've learned how to overcome things that get thrown at you. In baseball, nothing's for certain, just like life. You have to roll with the punches. If you get knocked down, you need to stand up.
George Springer -
He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.
Sandy Koufax