Quotes about baseball
baseball winning player
We win if the world is convinced of two things, that you are a fine gentleman, and a great baseball player. Branch Rickey
baseball
He's the best prospect I've ever seen.
baseball father player
It (a baseball box score) doesn't tell how big you are, what church you attend, what color you are, or how your father voted in the last election. It just tells what kind of baseball player you were on that particular day.
baseball teacher men
I'm a man of some intelligence. I've had some education, passed the bar, practiced law. I've been a teacher and I deal with men of substance, statesman, business leaders, the clergy... So why do I spend my time arguing with Dizzy Dean?
baseball mind bats
A full mind is an empty bat.
baseball football invasion
I am alarmed at the subtle invasion of professional football, which is gaining preeminence over baseball. It's unthinkable.
baseball running men
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.
baseball thinking color
Some day I'm going to have to stand before God, and if He asks me why I didn't let that [Jackie] Robinson fellow play ball, I don't think saying 'because of the color of his skin' would be a good enough answer.
baseball war stories
There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on. Bobby Thomson
baseball mickey
Mickey Mantle was baseball. Bob Costas
baseball player tests
commenting on baseball players who test positive for steroids: It?s an announced test, so you not only failed the steroid test, you failed the IQ test.
baseball strong hero
(He was) a fragile hero to whom we had an emotional attachment so strong and lasting that it defied logic.
baseball games doe
He was our symbol of baseball at a time when the game meant something to us that perhaps it no longer does.
baseball confused thinking
It occurs to me as we're all sitting here thinking of Mickey, he's probably somewhere getting an earful from Casey Stengel, and no doubt quite confused by now.
baseball real doctors
His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that even those used to seeing people in dire circumstances were moved by his example.
baseball believe agreement
We have worked very hard to accommodate the requests from the Mayor and the Council that changed the terms of the agreement that brought the Montreal Expos to Washington. Because we believe in the future of Baseball in the nation's capital, we have signed a lease that honors the 2004 agreement, while conforming to the emergency legislation that the Council passed last month. Bob DuPuy
baseball winning yankees
The NFL has a hard cap, but if you ask 20 NFL experts who is going to win the Super Bowl this year, you might get 20 different answers. If you then asked 20 baseball experts who is going to represent the American League in the World Series, at least 90 percent of them would say the Yankees and the rest would say Seattle.
baseball behind coming hit home top until
We were coming from behind until Miguel hit the top of the fence. We thought it was a home run. But the umpires, you know, thought different. Luis Sojo
baseball dwell games memory season short
There are too many baseball games in a season to dwell on one loss. We have to just have a short memory and go on.
baseball full game gone played seven supposed
If we had played baseball the way we're supposed to play baseball the whole game, the game probably wouldn't have gone the full seven innings.
baseball bullpen counted game gone guys half happened hard health hit injuries last won
If we had gone 11-6 over the last 17 games, we would have won 89-90 games. That's all it would have taken. But you know, baseball is a game of luck, health and bounces. It's hard to play when guys you are counted on are injured. More than half your bullpen had injuries. It was like all the injuries happened at once hit us. Jeffrey Loria
baseball believe desire game heart played
If we have more heart and desire than they do -- and I believe we do -- we'll do OK. Baseball is not a game played on paper. On paper, they win.
baseball boy gym happens run sweats
I go to the gym in a baseball cap, sweats and then run into a boy I like. It happens - so what? Azita Ghanizada
baseball field practice present
We'll be able to use the present baseball field as a practice field for awhile. As of right now, we don't have a practice baseball field with lights.
baseball fun winning
I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun. Bill Simmons
baseball jobs mind
A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.' Bill Dickey
baseball jobs children
A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child. Bill Cosby
baseball player years
I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting. Bert Blyleven
baseball perseverance hard-work
It enrages me to see only certain players singled out for the Hall of Fame because they were born with a God-given specialty. When I take my kids to the Baseball Hall of Fame, I want them to experience the full array of talents that make the game what it is today, not just the larger-than-life freaks of nature. I want them to know that you don't have to be the biggest or the strongest to reach your goals, and that hard work and perseverance are also rewarded.
baseball gloves want
I have played professional baseball for over half my life. From the time I picked up a baseball glove, I did not want to put it down. Bernie Williams
baseball ear sees wants willing
I think he's just going through a phase, ... I think he sees that baseball is what he wants to do, what he loves. He has all my support, but he has to be willing to listen. What you say can't go in one ear and out the other. Tony Perez
baseball good hard player work
I think he's going to be a very good baseball player overall. He's got some things to work on defensively -- we all do. He's going to get it in because he's a hard worker. J. J. Johnson
baseball definitely earned players respect
I think he's definitely earned the respect of baseball players everywhere. David Wright