Leagues Quotes

• It's something you look forward to every year playing different teams and playing different leagues to see how you compare.

  

  Brad Wilkerson
  • Compare
  • Teams
  • Leagues

• And you learn how to win starting in the minor leagues, by winning day in and day out.

  

  Eric Byrnes
  • Learn
  • Win
  • Leagues

• The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

  

  Jules Verne
  • Future
  • Circle
  • Reserved

• In the big leagues everyone has ability. It always comes down to mind games. Who ever is more mentally strong-wins.

  

  Muhammad Ali
  • Games
  • Wins
  • Leagues

• If you are used to going five innings and then go six or seven, you won't have your good stuff. They need to start that from the minor leagues and give pitchers strong arms.

  

  Juan Marichal
  • Start
  • Innings
  • Minor

• Whether you're playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it's always nice to be recognized as an All-Star.

  

  Gaby Sanchez
  • Always
  • Recognized
  • Whether

• If I'm not going to be a starter, I'd like to have a chance to get in there and play a lot. That's what I'm doing now, and I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm just having fun being in the big leagues, for one. It's a different world up here.

  

  Adam Wainwright
  • Team
  • Play
  • Leagues

• I think I can play in the big leagues 10 or 15 years. But more important to me is winning-win, make the playoffs.

  

  Carlos Beltran
  • Play
  • Win
  • Leagues

• I was branded a Negro in the States and had to act accordingly. They wouldn't even give me a chance in the big leagues because I was a Negro, yet they accepted every other nationality under the sun.

  

  Willie Wells
  • Chance
  • Negro
  • Leagues

• “Finally made it to the major leagues. I know I can help the team play.”

  

  Yasiel Puig
  • Help
  • Team
  • Leagues

• When there were just eight teams in each of the big leagues, I was always told, 'It's hard to come up, but it's just hard to stay in the big leagues.' That's because there's always somebody. The Cardinals had so many minor league clubs and had so many good ballplayers.

  

  Red Schoendienst
  • Because
  • Eight
  • Cardinals

• I don't know how the 'Richie' started. My name is Richard, and they called me Dick in the minor leagues.

  

  Richie Allen
  • Started
  • Leagues
  • Richard

• For me, there was nothing like my time with the Eagles - ever. We were young, and the world was new to us. It was the happiest time of our lives. They wouldn't let us play in their big leagues, but we had this game of ours... this marvelous, blessed game... and we just went out and played it.

  

  Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin
  • Blessed
  • Nothing
  • Eagles

• I'm not in the big leagues just because I'm cute.

  

  Pedro Martinez
  • Cute
  • Big
  • Leagues

• My crazy times are over. That's when I was a rookie. I've got seven years in the big leagues. I think some hitters say, 'Oh, Zambrano is crazy.' I used to be. Now I try to pitch my game and do my best to help this team.

  

  Carlos Zambrano
  • Help
  • Crazy
  • Years

• Later, a large band of Christians mounted an attack on this native lord, butchering him along with vast numbers of his people and taking all the survivors into slavery, where they duly perished, so that today not a trace remains of what was previously a community with dominion over an area of some thirty leagues.

  

  Bartolomé de las Casas
  • Community
  • Christians
  • Attack

• The Champions League is where the best players in the world come together.

  

  Iker Casillas
  • Best
  • Players
  • Leagues

• I always wanted to say I came out of the cornfields and got to the major leagues. That was my biggest thought. But now I can say I came out of the cornfields and got to the Hall of Fame.

  

  Ray Dandridge
  • Wanted
  • Biggest
  • Major

• Everybody in the minor leagues - if you're a player, an announcer, whatever - wants to be in the big leagues.

  

  Ernie Harwell
  • Player
  • Leagues
  • Announcers

• Everyone knows there's real emphasis on technique in La Liga, and I'm a technical player; in that sense, it's a good fit. But all leagues are a good fit for me - I can play anywhere.

  

  Michy Batshuayi
  • Knows
  • Technique
  • Emphasis

• This is something that concerns me because we had a kind of an eco-system, a balance between the different leagues and countries and now we have an intruder who might disrupt that balance.

  

  Javier Tebas
  • Balance
  • Countries
  • Leagues

• I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

  

  Nick Johnson
  • Special
  • Yankees
  • Leagues

• I guess my critics say, 'He must be crazy. Nothing can be that beautiful.' But when you think that there are so many people around the world who have nothing, you realize how lucky you are to be making a living in the big leagues.

  

  Ernie Banks
  • Think
  • Realize
  • Critics

• When you're a first-round pick and you get to the big leagues at 22, there's almost a sense that you've got to mature.

  

  Evan Longoria
  • Sense
  • Mature
  • Leagues