Lou Brock
Lou Brock
Louis Clark "Lou" Brockis an American former professional baseball player. He began his 19-year Major League Baseballcareer playing in 1961 for the Chicago Cubs, and spent the majority of his career playing as a left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985 and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014. He is currently a special instructor coach for the St. Louis Cardinals...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 June 1939
CityEl Dorado, AR
CountryUnited States of America
Jim Crow was king . . . and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
I've been here since March 2. My wife wants us to stay until the end of the month, but I've told her we've got to go home a week earlier than that.
I was probably as big a fan of the event as anyone else there. After all, I'd never seen anybody get three thousand hits either.
Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
One of the trademarks of a champion is that he can outlast you.
Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive
We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.
No one wants to hear about the labor pains, they just want to see the baby.
If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.
When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.
The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.
You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.
Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit.