Baseball Quotes
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Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
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I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.
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I played a lot of baseball growing up, and I always hit better if I kept moving before the pitch instead of standing still in the batter's box. I think a waggle does the same thing in the golf swing. It keeps you relaxed and gets your body ready to hit the ball.
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You need some time off from baseball. Like, when you have a bad game, or you end up playing really good, you go home, and you need to chill out.
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Why is it there are so many nice guys interested in baseball? Not me, I was a real bastard when I played.
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I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to.
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Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.
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There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.
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Today my son is across the street running around and playing baseball with the South Brandon Little League. I remember almost nine years ago what a scary time that was. You don't forget.
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Baseball is a team game.
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Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.
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Baseball is meant to be a contemplative game. They play music to draw young people to the game. If young people can't come to the game without music, then they should stay home.
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When I say my mission is to make polo bigger, I don't expect it to be baseball, but for sure to bring the attention of a lot more people to the sport.
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For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time. The work has been hard, but what of it? It's been risky. I've broken both my legs. I've sprained everything I've got between my ankles and my disposition. I've dislocated my joints and fractured my pride.
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If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.
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Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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There's always, I guess, a philosophy that if you come in, you want to change all the parts, you want to change everything over. I've always tried to preach that consistency and continuity are very, very important. So if I know the baseball people, and I know they're competent and could do the job, I don't see any reason to replace them.
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I'm glad that I just played baseball, because I'm sure I had a much longer baseball career than I would've had a football career. I did miss football, but I didn't miss some of the injuries from football.
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The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it.
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Imagine if baseball were taught the way science is taught in most inner-city schools. Schoolchildren would get lectures about the history of the World Series. High school students would occasionally reproduce famous plays of the past. Nobody would get in the game themselves until graduate school.
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But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul. I had a good foundation at home, so when I was able to go off and do these things in baseball there was always support.
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Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.
