Quotes about baseball
baseball running home
Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball. Jason Giambi
baseball people ask-me
People ask me, What would you be doing without baseball? I don't know...super-sizing fries?
baseball baby player
Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership in the great corporations. They advertise, "No one owns more than 4 percent of the stock of this great company." Or they print lists of stockholders, showing that these include farmers, schoolteachers, baseball players, taxi drivers, and even babies. Fulton J. Sheen
baseball character opportunity
Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. Christine Pelosi
baseball team rain
Baseball calls it a curve ball for a reason: you just don't know where some pitches will land. Your ace could get injured. Your golden glover could err. Your team could sit through a rain delay. Your manager could get ejected. Your bench must be broad and deep enough to overcome.
baseball team creative
When I'm traveling on tour, one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to a Target. The company has always been good to me. They've got such a great creative team. Christina Aguilera
baseball matter clock
The clock doesn?t matter in baseball. Herb Caen
baseball moving games
The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.
baseball land farming
I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming. Jeremy Bonderman
baseball perseverance life-lesson
Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned on that baseball field. The perseverance, the hard work that it takes, dealing with failure. Goose Gossage
baseball superstar failing
The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven out of ten times at the plate. So what does that tell you about the game and its difficulty?
baseball life-lesson
Every life lesson is on that baseball field.
baseball dollars want
I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum. Honus Wagner
baseball years play
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em.
baseball greatest-baseball ifs
There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.
baseball summertime bats
I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime.
baseball hurt
I hope I never do anything to hurt baseball. Home Run Baker
baseball garden rose
I heard a fella say once he'd rather have a rose bud when he was alive than to have a whole rose garden thrown his way after he is gone. It looks like they've (the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1935) thrown the roses my way while I'm still here.
baseball home balls
I'm sure glad this isn't my home ball park. Hank Aaron
baseball clean
Whatever we do, make sure we clean up baseball.
baseball running home
I would like people not to think in terms of the 755 home runs I hit but think in terms of what I've accomplished off the field and some of the things I stood for.
baseball want firsts
The first thing baseball wants to do is make you a superstar and then say that you owe baseball something. I don't owe baseball anything. Baseball owes me.
baseball long brave
I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.
baseball successful games
I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.
baseball running wall
Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it, you discover the bricks underneath. At times, it seems that we're dealing with a group of men who aren't much different than others we've all run into over the years, except they wear neckties instead of robes and hoods.
baseball mean differences
Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means I have to make a little difference in the world.
baseball balls helping
Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.
baseball league guy
In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.
baseball hands long
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
baseball years white
I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn't share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.
baseball running home
I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.
baseball off-season seasons
I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.
baseball practice middle
I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.