Quotes about baseball
baseball play want
This is Rickey calling on behalf of Rickey. Rickey wants to play baseball. Rickey Henderson
baseball book honor
It gave me no chance. He (Nolan Ryan) just blew it (strikeout #5,000) by me. But its an honor. I'll have another paragraph in all the baseball books. I'm already in the books three or four times.
baseball eye body
In baseball you train the whole body, except for the hip and eyes.
baseball retiring retired
I haven't had the time to say, 'I'm retiring.' But baseball says, 'You're retired.'
baseball father athlete
I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it's all said and done, I'll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.
baseball player games
It's always exciting that you can rub elbows with some of the greatest players who have ever played the game, and just being around the "family" again from baseball.
baseball home oakland
Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home.
baseball fun games
I have always had fun playing the game of baseball because I loved it so much.
baseball dirty games
If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.
baseball today all-time
Today I am the greatest of all time.
baseball games lasts
I never leave a game before the last pitch, because in baseball, as in life and especially politics, you never know what will happen. Richard M. Nixon
baseball knows
I don't know a lot about politics, but I know a lot about baseball.
baseball anything-can-happen happens
Baseball is great because anything can happen through the ninth inning.
baseball games bigs
I've never left a game before it ended. You never know when there could be a big turnaround in the game.
baseball taken two
Baseball without fans is like Jayne Mansfield without a sweater. Hang on, that can be taken two ways.
baseball games ghost
Baseball is a game dominated by vital ghosts; it's a fraternity, like no other we have of the active and the no longer so, the living and the dead.
baseball running distance
Long distance running is 90% mental and the other half is physical. Rich Davis
baseball breathing apples
It's like apples and oranges, you can't compare it. It was just a matter of playing anyone who was breathing. Red Barber
baseball player iron
When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.
baseball mind dull
Baseball is dull only to dull minds.
baseball cities people
I keep trying to tell people that Los Angeles is already the largest Indian city in the U.S., that there are Toltecs playing Little League baseball in Pasadena, Mayans making beds at the Marriott in Westwood, and Chichimecs driving buses in L.A. Los Angeles is a majority-Indian city. Richard Rodriguez
baseball commitment simple
Years ago, while I was watching a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers, I remember staring in awe at Cal Ripken. I realized during this game that 'you don't have to be flashy' or have 'power numbers' to be great. It's about the simple things that are the hard things. It's about leadership, work ethic and commitment. Ron White
baseball team people
It's always an honor to work with the Twins Community Fund and be a part of all the good that they do. They help people in so many ways. To be part of not only a baseball team, but being a part of something where you're helping people who need help, that's what life is all about really. Ron Gardenhire
baseball hard-work degrees
Tarring a highway in 90-degree heat is hard work. This is baseball. Something I love. Todd Helton
baseball spring years
I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day. Steve Earle
baseball fun headache
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had never hit those 61 homeruns... all it brought me was headaches. Roger Maris
baseball years play
Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.
baseball trying records
I don't want to be Babe Ruth. He was a great ballplayer. I'm not trying to replace him. The record is there and damn right I want to break it, but that isn't replacing Babe Ruth.
baseball doubt would-be
As a ballplayer, I would be delighted to do it again. As an individual, I doubt if I could possibly go through it again.
baseball memories college
Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it. Roger Clemens
baseball balls fence
He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.
baseball body fields
The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general - not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.
baseball games way
I had to will my way through that game. Sometimes, it takes more than talent or more than a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. You have to will it.