Baseball Quotes
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When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I'd waste my life and be a poet. They were right.
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Baseball is my job, and I love it, but it can't be the only thing I've got going on.
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During the season I really don't do anything else but play baseball. I've never wanted to get away from baseball for a break. Why would I want to get away from it? I love the game. I always have. There's nothing else I'd rather do.
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Hector Torrez, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?
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I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
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I think flexibility in general is something that needs to be reinforced, and not only baseball players but all sports.
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Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.
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Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.
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This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere. I loved Kirby deeply. A tremendous teammate, Kirby will always be remembered for his never-ending hustle, infectious personality, trademark smile and commitment to the community.
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It's rewarding riding into the sunset. What better way to go? My teammates carried me off the field - it doesn't get any better than that. Now it's time to be a dad. To be as successful at that as I was at baseball would be nice.
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I never get nervous. Baseball consists of two things: hitting and pitching, and we've got both.
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When you lose your hands, you can't play baseball.
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The second half of the baseball diamond is about good works. It is not at all separate from the first half, which is about belief, but grows out of that belief and gives it integrity.
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One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.
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I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.
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Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.
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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.
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Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.
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He's the strangest hitter in baseball. Figure him out one way and he'll kill you another.
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Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
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We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a round ball, and we played with a round bat. And we wore baseball uniforms, and we thought that we were making a contribution to baseball. We loved the game, and we liked to play it.
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Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.
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I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.
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I have fun. I always have fun. I don't really get in a hurry about anything. I just try to go with the flow and have fun, and that's how I try to play baseball.
