Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hank Aaron

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

Hank Aaron

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Harold Reynolds

I don't understand. All of a sudden, it's not just BA and Runs Scored, it's OBA. And what is with O-P-S?

Jacques Barzun

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Jacques Barzun

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.

Gerald R. Ford

In baseball when they say you're out, you're out. It's the same way in politics.

Gerald R. Ford

I had a life-long ambition to be a professional baseball player, but nobody would sign me.

Gerald R. Ford

I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.

Jim Jarmusch

It's hard to get lost if you don't know where you're going.

Hanley Ramirez

I've been playing baseball since I was four. I've got baseball in my blood. I love baseball.

Frank Zappa

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.

George H. W. Bush

Yogi's been an inspiration to me, not only because of his baseball skills, but of course for the enduring mark he left on the English language. Some in the press corps think he might even be my speechwriter.

Harmon Killebrew

I was set to go to Oregon to play college baseball and football.

Harmon Killebrew

It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.

Harmon Killebrew

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players and that's what I tried to do,

Harmon Killebrew

How the hell can you play here?

Harmon Killebrew

I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages, ERAs and other statistics. Fame, notoriety and the bright lights fade quickly. To me, true success in life would be to develop both physically and spiritually to our fullest and to endure to the end!

Greg Maddux

My stuff was all right, but it's not about pitching good. It's about winning. I pitched just good enough to lose.

Greg Maddux

You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

Greg Maddux

There are a lot of shots in golf I can't hit, but I try to hit them anyway. The frustration is not there, because I'm still learning. But I really know how to do this. I'm not just hoping to get it where I want it... Let the other guys do it half-assed.

Jim Bouton

The older they get, the better they were when they were younger.

Jim Bouton

Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches.

Jim Bouton

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

Jim Bouton

You spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball, and it turns out it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bunning

The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

He can go on his own. I think of all the steals he has this season, I've given him the sign to steal once. He just basically has good baseball instinct. I have no problem with anything he does.

He always wanted to beat up on the bigger kids; even when he was small, he'd always tag along. When he got to 8 or 9 years old, he was a heck of a basketball player, baseball player. He had drive. He just liked to win. That's his motivation, to win.

Ron Gardenhire

He always busted his tail off and had a great thing to say to everybody in the clubhouse. I can guarantee you all this, as long as I'm running this baseball team, we will play the game with respect, run the ball out and give you a show, because that is what Kirby would want us to do.

He pitched very well. He was hitting his spots and the hits he did give up were not hit solid. As a team we weren't able to manufacture any runs, and it is hard to win baseball games regardless how you pitch, if you don't manufacture any offense.

He pitched through recreation leagues. He has a good, strong arm. We typically are not real crazy moving our shortstop off of shortstop, but we are looking at him as a closer and how he handles that role.

Frank Robinson

He prepared you to go out and play baseball and have an opportunity to win ballgames, ... We were well organized. He knew the rules of the game. He executed the game fundamentally -- offensively and defensively. He could show you both ways. In the infield-fly rule, he would teach you how to do it defensively and offensively.

For the first time, every senior will be a starter. The 2006 edition of the Rogers High baseball team is just like a litter of pups. We are young but they want to learn and they have been fun to be around.

Milton Bradley

For some people, all their life is baseball. All they care about is how many hits they get, how many runs they drive in and how many plays they make. They're just looking for a plaque.