Baseball Quotes: Wisdom and Wit from the World of Baseball (Page 2)

"Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"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"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"I love baseball, and the door remains open"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"I don't know anything about baseball"

Sean Connery, Actor

"I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history"

Rafael Palmeiro, Athlete

"If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life"

Ernie Harwell, Celebrity

"Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown into innings"

Earl Wilson, Athlete

"That was real baseball. We weren't playing for money. They gave us Mickey Mouse watches that ran backwards"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking"

Bill Vaughan, Journalist

"I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world"

Bill Lee, Athlete

"In baseball, you don't know nothing"

Yogi Berra, Athlete

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead"

Jackie Robinson, Athlete

"Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical"

Yogi Berra, Athlete

"What I miss when I'm away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins"

Billy Martin, Athlete

"Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders"

Martina Hingis, Athlete

"The vast majority of people who watch baseball can properly call 95% of all plays that happen on the field. My job is to teach you how to call the other 5%"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion"

Bill Klem, Athlete

"I really love the togetherness in baseball. That's a real true love"

Billy Martin, Athlete

"I always get very calm with baseball"

Paul Simon, Musician

"Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up"

Jim Evans, Athlete

"You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"There are a lot of people who influenced me, nurtured me, helped me along the way. But I can just recall looking back, the first time I got my baseball glove. Put it on the wrong hand, all those kind of things"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams"

Jacques Barzun, Educator

"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"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I mean it is fantastic. I have to say this about them, there are so many of these guys up here that were my role models, people I looked up to, people I wanted to be like"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all"

Dave Winfield, Athlete

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball"

Pete Rose, Athlete

"Never bet on baseball"

Pete Rose, Athlete

"There couldn't have been a better Hollywood ending for us. It's beyond baseball. It's rooting for your family"

Jimmy Fallon, Comedian

"On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way"

A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator

"There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew"

A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator

"When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game"

Joe DiMaggio, Athlete

"If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people"

Mackenzie Astin, Actor

"I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing"

Muddy Waters, Musician

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