Baseball Player Quotes

Baseball Player Quote of the day

I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.

People think [baseball players] make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only make $500,000.

My name is not 'The Best Player in Baseball.' My name is George Kenneth Griffey, Jr.

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living.

I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field.

Tom Cruise only makes one or two film appearances a year. A baseball player can be the hero or the goat one-hundred and sixty-two times a year.

Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to retire at twenty-two.

I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball.

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.

You're going to be a great player, kid.

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

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.

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

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be a baseball player. This is something I think about. The more I think about it, I'm convinced that God wanted me to play baseball.

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both.

I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn't good enough. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.

When a baseball player makes an error, it goes into the record and is published. How many of us could stand this sort of daily scrutiny?

I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

I'm trying to be the best baseball player I can, to learn from what I see and get better every day.

I feel sometimes an American artist must feel, like a baseball player or something - a member of a team writing American history.

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

I'm a baseball player. I'm also a guy who mows his lawn and plays with his dog.

Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

[In hockey] I was a goon, just protecting the better players. I've always been a better baseball player.

You think the greatest thing in the whole world would be to become a baseball player - if best things already happened, what's next?

If you gave me a choice between being married and being a baseball player, that's a no-brainer. I would be married any day. I just love it.

The only dream I've ever had is to become a major league baseball player.

I'm merely a baseball player, guys. In the great scheme of things, my thoughts, opinions and attitudes are of little importance.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. I think I got to a certain age where I decided I'd rather be a baseball player than a musician. Now, like most kids, I regret it.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do.

I have never discussed a player contract with an agent and I like to think I never will.

The most overrated underrated player in baseball.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.