Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nick Jonas

I've fallen in love with baseball.

Missy Peregrym

I wanted to go on the red carpet with a baseball cap, t-shirt, and jeans. And I still do. Because that's really who I am.

Misty May-Treanor

Once the day is over in volleyball, I leave the court and no one sees or hears from me for the rest of the day. I like to keep work at work. It's pretty easy for me to live a pretty normal life. I like to coach and I like to sit in a crowd at a baseball game. No one really recognizes me unless I'm walking around a beach half-naked in a suit with my name on it. Of course, I have it easier than Kerri. When you're 6-3 you tend to stick out a little bit.

Penny Marshall

We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.

Penn Jillette

A lot of older parents worry about being older parents. I hear people say, 'I don't want to be too old to play baseball with my son.' They worry that their kids will be embarrassed by their parents' age.

Pee Wee Reese

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball.

Marlee Matlin

All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards shows for years and it's been hilarious. Everyone is always asking me what the bleeped-out parts are saying.

Mariano Rivera

There's a lot of things more than baseball that I want to do.

Mariano Rivera

That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

Mariano Rivera

Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family,

Marianne Moore

Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go...

Nomar Garciaparra

I love the game of baseball.

Nomar Garciaparra

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.

Nolan Ryan

My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift.

Nolan Ryan

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

Nolan Ryan

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.

Nolan Ryan

For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.

Nolan Ryan

Put the right pitching mechanics together with good health, and there's nothing surprising about lasting a long time.

Nolan Ryan

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

Marianne Williamson

If you want to end darkness you cannot beat it with a baseball bat, you have to turn on a light.

Mae Whitman

I kind of dress like a boy from the nineties. I like wearing baseball hats. I just like to be really comfortable.

Michael Cera

I heard Bob Weinstein actually likened actors to baseball players. You work for a while then all of a sudden you go through a dry spell.

Michael Cera

Baseball players tend to have something like 20 good years in them and then around their mid-thirties they aren't in the same shape as the young guys in the league and kind of aren't worth as much. Then they retire before 40. And they are left floating adrift in the middle of the ocean.

Michael Caine

I wear a baseball cap all the time, which I would never normally wear, and I walk very fast.

Marvin Olasky

Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.

Martina Hingis

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

Like I always say, I'm just glad to be in the lineup, playing baseball.

Billy Beane

Lenny was so perfectly designed, emotionally, to play the game of baseball. He was able to instantly forget any failure and draw strength from every success. He had no concept of failure. And he had no idea of where he was.

Scott Anderson

Many of the upper level men players come from successful baseball careers and believe they are still playing in the major leagues.

But that's why, ... when you say 'baseball' you put the word 'team' right after it. In my opinion, I have the best team in this league - from the owner right down to the bat boys.

Bob Feller

Buck O'Neil deserves to be in the Hall. Not just as a player, but as a human being and as a person that promotes baseball all over the world.

Matt Clement

More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch.

Chris Carter

I don't think I've ever had a spring break without baseball being involved. It's a great opportunity to practice in the morning and play in the afternoon. It is very similar to the routine a professional player would have, and many times it helps your team finish the season strong.