Baseball Quotes
A baseball swing is a very finely tuned instrument. It is repetition, and more repetition, then a little more after that.
They say I couldn't play football, I was too small. They say I couldn't play basketball, I wasn't tall. They say I couldn't play baseball at all and now everyday of my life, I ball.
In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end.
I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.
People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!
The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.
I'm a great believer in the character of the club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.
Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
They (Expos fans) discovered 'boo' is pronounced the same in French as it is in English.
Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.
Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to me, Mr. Earl Mann of Atlanta, who gave me my first baseball broadcasting job.
Everyone has an enemy. It's why God gave us baseball bats. Well, He gave us trees, but we knew what He meant.
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
The best possible thing in baseball is winning The World Series. The second best thing is losing The World Series.
My dream was to play football for the Oakland Raiders. But my mother thought I would get hurt playing football, so she chose baseball for me. I guess moms do know best.
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist.
The game of baseball is made up of many little things. If we do all the little things right, then we'll never have a big thing to worry about
God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.
I'm a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can't be gifted in everything.
I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Kids are our future, and we hope baseball has given them some idea of what it is to live together and how we can get along, whether you be black or white.
Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.
As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.
