Baseball Quotes: Wisdom and Wit from the World of Baseball (Page 5)

"I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn"

"I don't like American football. I think it's boring and ridiculous and predictable. But baseball is very beautiful. It's played on a diamond"

Jim Jarmusch, Director

"I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future"

Garth Brooks, Musician

"Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is watching television"

Bob Greene, Journalist

"When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff"

Balthazar Getty, Actor

"I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy"

Bruce McCulloch, Actor

"I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"Baseball is just my job"

Barry Bonds, Athlete

"I wanted to be a professional baseball player"

Balthazar Getty, Actor

"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"

Alvin Dark, Athlete

"There are only five things you can do in baseball - run, throw, catch, hit and hit with power"

Leo Durocher, Athlete

"I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that's what I try to do"

Pedro Martinez, Athlete

"I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story"

George Brett, Athlete

"John Henry Lloyd is the man I gave the credit to for polishing my skills. He taught me how to play third base and how to protect myself. John taught me more baseball than anyone else"

Judy Johnson, Athlete

"Whatever I contributed to the unique morale of the Cardinals was part of this growth, and so, of course, was my decision to have it out in public with the owners of organized baseball"

Curt Flood, Athlete

"Baseball regards us as sheep"

Curt Flood, Athlete

"I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture"

Bob Uecker, Athlete

"Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching"

Tom Hicks, Businessman

"Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success"

Sparky Anderson, Coach

"A baseball manager is a necessary evil"

Sparky Anderson, Coach

"It's such a beautiful sport, with no politics involved, no color, no class. Only as a youngster can you play and as a pro can you win. The game has kept me young, involved and excited and for me to be up here with gems of baseball"

Jack Buck, Celebrity

"If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact"

Ron Fairly, Athlete

"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer"

Ted Williams, Athlete

"Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over, owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on"

Peter Ueberroth, Businessman

"I was born to play baseball"

Roberto Clemente, Athlete

"Two hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter"

Al Spalding, Athlete

"Boys, baseball is a game where you gotta have fun. You do that by winning"

Dave Bristol, Celebrity

"I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then"

Richie Ashburn, Athlete

"It's very simple. We are asking baseball to come clean and set the record straight. Either baseball officials seriously want to rid their sport of doping, or they want to brush the issue under the carpet. So far, we haven't seen much evidence of the former"

Richard Pound, Businessman

"Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail"

John Thorn, Historian

"Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young"

John Thorn, Historian

"I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that"

George Brett, Athlete

"When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons"

Red Barber, Celebrity

"Baseball is dull only to dull minds"

Red Barber, Celebrity

"When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?"

Miguel Cabrera, Athlete

"The economics of baseball are the big problem. The big clubs make a lot of money and the little clubs don't"

Fay Vincent, Lawyer

"Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life"

Ty Cobb, Athlete

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