Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joe DiMaggio

Baseball didn't really get into my blood until I knocked off that hitting streak. Getting a daily hit became more important to me than eating, drinking or sleeping.

Joe DiMaggio

I feel like I have reached the stage where I can no longer produce for my club, my manager, and my teammates. I had a poor year, but even if I had hit .350, this would have been my last year. I was full of aches an pains and it had become a chore for me to play. When baseball is no longer fun, it's no longer a game.

Joe DiMaggio

I thought he had been shot.

Joe DiMaggio

The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch.

Joe DiMaggio

A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example.

Jodi Picoult

Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class. Kid is only one person out of 6.792 billion humans on this planet. This planet is only one-eighth of the solar system, whose sun is one of two billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Put it that way, the comment loses it's importance.

Jodi Picoult

Those eyes, they've got a history with mine. They were the first things I saw when I came to, after being hit in the skull with a baseball thrown by Patrick at Little League. They were the fortification I needed at sixteen to ride the chairlift at Sugarloaf, although I am terrified of heights. For almost my whole life, they've told me I'm doing all right, during moments when it was not in my own power to answer.

Pat Williams

Frank went out for baseball and while he wasn't very good, it wasn't a total loss. The coach used him as a pattern to drawn the on-deck circle.

Paul O'Grady

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

I believe Major League Baseball is the best league in the world. I would like to try what I can do in this league in the future.

I believe Major League Baseball is here in force. I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.

I believe Major League Baseball is here in force, ... I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.

Carlos Sanchez

I believe it will lift baseball not only in Puerto Rico, but also in other places of the world where it's been down.

Mike Lowell

I believe it's a market that can handle baseball. I'm just not sure if it's a baseball market yet.

I feel like a baseball player with his own field now. I've always wanted to have a dance hall.

Ozzie Guillen

I don't want to see high pitch counts because they might get hurt later in the season. Last year, they played another month of baseball that they never did before. I'm trying to keep the pitch counts low to keep them fresh. If you throw 130-140, in the end you'll pay. Don't overdue it.

Pat Riley

I don't want to get the paddle out or the baseball bat out, but they know what I want.

Ron Gardenhire

I don't want to talk J.C, we're talking Twins baseball. Me and J.C. are fine. We've done our business.

Ozzie Guillen

He's one of the best right-handed hitters I've ever seen in my life. His numbers talk for themselves. From the first day he came into the league, he created something new for the White Sox and baseball -- the numbers he put up, that many home runs, that many walks, you don't see that a lot. The consistency was outstanding, really professional. Day in and day out he produced and he was fun to play with, fun to watch hit.

Jason Phillips

He's one of the best in all of baseball. He showed that tonight.

He's got a great arm. I've said several times that it doesn't take a scout or a baseball enthusiast to figure out that he's pretty good. I think he still has some things he needs to work on to master his craft, but he has two above-average major-league pitches right now. He just needs some fine-tuning.

Ron Gardenhire

How much baseball he has left in him, that's what we'll determine in spring training. As far as going to Plan B, that's not something I've looked at yet. But we've got people here who've played over there before.

He's interested in not just your baseball career, but he's also interested about your life. He seems like a really good guy. I'm just going to love working with him. That type of personality is just what's attractive.

Andrew Zimbalist

He's innovated baseball management. He's shown the way to exploit a big city market by spending heavily on players.

I couldn't believe it. Our guys were ready to play to four in the morning if necessary. It was a good, good baseball game.

Milton Bradley

I couldn't be happier. I'm playing major league baseball and having fun. I'm a California guy - it's exciting for me. I wish the Dodgers well, wish their team well.

I compare it to Larry Miller Field. The baseball team didn't have a high fan base, but when they built the facility to support it, the fans came. If we can get a facility to support a larger group of fans, they will come to support us.

Ketch Secor

I'm a big baseball fan for sure. I don't know why we started doing it. It was just kind of funny and we always pick out baseball names from my childhood, because that's when the whole baseball reverence happened to me. I guess you could say there is something about old heroes that always makes them worth conjuring up.

I'm a better baseball player now, but my body isn't what it used to be. It's hard getting in the shower sometimes.

I'm a baseball fan, and a longtime Cincinnati Reds fan.

Steve Phillips

I love the World Baseball Classic. I think it's necessary for the game. We need the international players and market to grow the game and maintain the quality of play.

Kyle Farnsworth

I loved that kind of discipline. It would've suited me well if I didn't play baseball.

Sadaharu Oh

I never coached a team for a tournament like this, and never thought the pressure to be so high. Baseball is the best sport. Everyone has to work together. There is nothing more wonderful than that Japanese players did such a wonderful job and showed that to everyone in the world.