Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jennie Finch

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

Jennie Finch

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.

Greg Maddux

Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.

Greg Norman

You expect success, you respect failure.

Greg Norman

I am a winner. I just didn't win today.

Lisa Fernandez

[T]he game's got to be played on the field, and that's the one day that's got to be the most important day.

Alan Moore

As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them in further with your second sentence and have them in a mild trance by the third. Then, being careful not to wake them, you carry them away up the back alley of your narrative and when they are hopelessly lost within the story, having surrendered themselves to it, you do them terrible violence with a softball bag and then lead them whimpering to the exit on the last page. Believe me, they'll thank you for it.

Bill Veeck

Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

We wanted to get in as much softball as we could before spring break.

Dwight Howard

Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.

George Brett

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.