Baseball Quotes

Small: Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the
"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
Small: But Ill tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul.
Dave Winfield
"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
Small: And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball
Dave Winfield
"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
Small: To give you an idea what it feels like to be going in with some of the best baseball players of all-time, I me
Dave Winfield
"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
Small: I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all
Dave Winfield
"I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all"
Dave Winfield, Athlete
Small: If it werent for baseball, many kids wouldnt know what a millionaire looked like
Phyllis Diller
"If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like"
Phyllis Diller, Comedian
Small: When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anyth
Ryan Sypek
"When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade"
Ryan Sypek, Actor
Small: To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything
"To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything"
Willie Stargell, Athlete
Small: Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God
"Baseball for me was instinctive, born within me, given to me as a gift from God"
Willie Stargell, Athlete
Small: There couldnt have been a better Hollywood ending for us. Its beyond baseball. Its rooting for your family
Jimmy Fallon
"There couldn't have been a better Hollywood ending for us. It's beyond baseball. It's rooting for your family"
Jimmy Fallon, Comedian
Small: I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want
"I want to play music when I want, write a song if I want or watch a baseball game if I want"
John Lee Hooker, Musician
Small: On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way
"On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way"
A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator
Small: There are a lot of people who know me who cant understand for the life of them why I would got to work on some
"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
Small: I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I
Vin Scully
"I really love baseball. The guys and the game, and I love the challenge of describing things. The only thing I hate - and I know you have to be realistic and pay the bills in this life - is the loneliness on the road"
Vin Scully, Celebrity
Small: When baseball is no longer fun, its no longer a game
Joe DiMaggio
"When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game"
Joe DiMaggio, Athlete
Small: If I couldnt broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people
"If I couldn't broadcast baseball games, I think I would make a good impression on people"
Mackenzie Astin, Actor
Small: No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment
"No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined"
Paul Gallico, Writer
Small: You cant sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. Youve got to throw the ball
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and five the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all"
Earl Weaver, Coach
Small: In baseball, you cant kill the clock. Youve got to give the other man his chance. Thats why this is the greate
"In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game"
Earl Weaver, Coach
Small: Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting
"Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting"
Shemar Moore, Actor
Small: Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate
"Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate"
Susan Sarandon, Actress
Small: I think one of the most difficult things for anyone whos played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the
Ralph Kiner
"I think one of the most difficult things for anyone who's played baseball is to accept the fact that maybe the players today are playing just as well as ever"
Ralph Kiner, Athlete
Small: I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop
"I found myself in a race with Mother Nature to play as much baseball as I could before she forced me to stop"
Willie Stargell, Athlete
Small: Its not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball
"It's not like learning how to hit a curve ball in baseball"
Floyd Abrams, Lawyer
Small: Theres nothing bad that accrues from baseball
"There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball"
A. Bartlett Giamatti, Educator
Small: I watch a lot of baseball on the radio
"I watch a lot of baseball on the radio"
Gerald R. Ford, President
Small: I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how
John Malkovich
"I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that"
John Malkovich, Actor
Small: So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally
"So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there
"In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for
"I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball
"So you have to be more mentally focused in baseball"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: Really, its not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost
"Really, it's not harder to train for them because once baseball starts you play everyday almost"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didnt have time to work out
"I was always active - I went from baseball to football. I didn't have time to work out"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball
"I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line"
Bo Jackson, Athlete
Small: I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press
"I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press"
Roger Kahn, Writer
Small: I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hocke
"I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet"
Claudio Reyna, Athlete
Small: Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the
"Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs"
Ishmael Reed, Poet
Small: I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help th
"I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it"
Gerry Cooney, Athlete
Small: Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand g
"Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns"
John Leonard, Poet
Small: For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning
"For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning"
Eddie Murray, Athlete