Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have enjoyed doing baseball but the opportunity just never presented itself to do it on a regular basis on the radio. I'm going to need a crash course on the Saints and the American Association but I'm looking forward to it. It should be a fun summer.

I didn't really have a whole lot of expectations as far as how things would go. We have a lot of talent and we can do some great things. But I didn't say (to the team) that our goal is to win X number of games. Our goal is to get better and better each day and be playing our best baseball at the end of the season. We're on our way to doing that.

Sadaharu Oh

I don't know about the politics, but since it's named the World Baseball Classic, I would like to see the Cuban team there.

I don't know about that. I've got to talk to someone about that. Cow bingo is more important than the baseball game? I don't know.

Barry Bonds

I don't judge those things. I have to concentrate on baseball.

Barry Bonds

I don't judge them. I have to concentrate on baseball. I leave that up to you guys to make those statements in the paper.

Ervin Santana

I don't have to be nervous; It's a baseball game.

Todd Helton

I don't know what to expect. I don't know why baseball would make my stomach feel any worse than sitting on the couch. It's kind of weird not knowing what to expect. But I expect to feel good and I do feel good.

I don't collect the stuff. I collect baseball cards. But I get calls all the time . . . It's a way to make a charitable donation in an unusual way.

Buck Showalter

I'd be happy if someone said he could come back by May 1. The trouble is, there is nothing in baseball to compare this injury to.

I'd be disappointed if we're not a four-bid league, if not a five-bid league. This is a big-time baseball league.

I am a firm believer in the fact that a group of guys needs to understand the importance of 90 feet, that it makes the difference in a baseball game. These players will gain a strong realization of that.

I am going to Gulf Shores to spend the week with some friends. But I can't go until Tuesday night because we have a baseball tournament Monday and Tuesday. I can't wait. This is a big week for us.

Paul Quantrill

I am here because I do enjoy playing the game, ... I'm not sure I'm going to pursue playing baseball in the future. It's better for me to finish the season, be professional about it and see if I can't help this team. That's the real reason I'm here, not to prove anything.

He will sign. He's going to play professional baseball.

Tommy Lasorda

He was to people all over the world what a baseball player was supposed to be like,

He was their shortstop. He played shortstop as a sophomore and junior. He didn't play baseball as a senior because of football.

Jon Daniels

He will be a source of creativity and ideas now and in the future. I am excited about someone with his knowledge and skills joining our baseball operations staff.

He's conscientious about baseball. After last season, he came to me and said he's got to play somewhere. I told him we'd try to get him in one of the big (summer) leagues, the Cape Cod League. He said he never worked much because baseball has been his focus. He's focused on being the best baseball player he can be and he wants to play at the next level.

Paul DePodesta

He had a phenomenal career as a player and has a sterling reputation in the game as a person and as a baseball man, ... When he was let go, we spent a lot of time on his name.

He had gotten into a couple fights, and one time he and his friends took baseball bats to some kids.

Jeff Bagwell

He did a lot of good things for baseball in this city, and it's really unfortunate that the one thing he's remembered for is letting Nolan Ryan leave,

Hedges is real strong, and they've got a good baseball team.

Jim Edmonds

He did the best he could do with what he believed in, and hopefully he'll come here, get a good ovation, have a good weekend, and it will be good for Cardinals baseball all the way around.

Had we had a different system, I'm sure we would have gone through contraction just as baseball has done. Certainly Indianapolis and Buffalo and Green Bay, if they existed, would be somewhere else.

Had one of the best baseball minds I've ever been around. Connie Mack taught him well.

He is a very astute, very knowledgeable, very committed person. He loves baseball, but more important he's an excellent student.

Ozzie Guillen

He helps us in the field. But he helps this team more in the clubhouse, in the hotels, in the bus, in the planes. You look around baseball and one of the people they don't say anything negative about is Jim Thome. They love the way he respects the game and treats his fans and teammates.

He has satellite radio and he listens to jazz mostly. And baseball games. White Sox.

He has the hardest job in baseball. He has to go out and win every time.

Felipe Alou

He is a great player. He has always been a great player, a complete player, a super player. And I hope he is judged by real baseball people when he is finished, by people who know a baseball player when they see one ... on the basis of true facts and not assumptions.

Jeff Conine

He got very emotional when he told us, like your granddad is going away and you're not going to see him anymore. It's tough for him. Baseball is his life.

Brian Cashman

He doesn't need to see him. He wants him to continue the therapy program he has been doing, and says as soon as he feels up to it he can get up on the mound.