Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bradley Cooper

Women are a source of energy in life. I've always wanted to be in a war or baseball movie, but the thought of having no women on set for six months - that's hell. I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around.

Bobby Fischer

When I won the world championship, in 1972, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, a baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

Barack Obama

There are places I want to visit where if I'm wearing a baseball cap and some sunglasses I think I can get away with and mingle in a crowd.

Bruce McCulloch

I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy.

Brooks Robinson

It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

Brooks Robinson

I'm a Major League 3rd Baseman. If you want to go play in parking lot, I'm suppose to stop the ball.

Brooks Robinson

I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession.

Brooks Robinson

Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.

Brooks Robinson

If your not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job.

Brooks Robinson

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play games his whole life.

Bronson Arroyo

Boston fans - and New York fans are the same - it doesn't matter what you do outside of baseball, they don't forgive or forget that you play in pinstripes and they don't care about your interests off the field.

Bronson Arroyo

I'm definitely an athlete who has a hobby playing music. I've been doing baseball since I was 5 or 6. It's the only thing I've ever thought of really my whole life, and music came into my life actually in '99, playing and singing. It's definitely been the only hobby I've had that I can't put down.

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of course, the take-a-strike, we've modified that, that's no longer going to exist. Pitch counts will exist, but it's not one blanket program. If it needs to exist for a certain individual, it will. If it doesn't for another, it won't.

We're going to hustle and we're going to field solidly this season. I believe that we're also going to hit better. We still have some baseball things to learn. Also, we need to make sure that everyone is on the same page this season. We've got great senior leadership on this team. I love all of these kids." ()

Unless the show is a period piece, shouldn't they have reflected the new reality that baseball has returned to D.C.?

Very few times do you get to get as many people quality at-bats in a game situation as we have gotten in the last two days. The negatives are you don't want your team to play a sloppy side of baseball and take things for granted, and we've done that as well.

We faced one of the best pitchers in the country today, a tremendous competitor and a class act, and he was magnificent. It was a great college baseball game. We made it interesting in the ninth, but we were just too far in the hole at that point.

We're just not hitting the baseball well. It's just that simple.

Steve Williams

We're fortunate to have a strong group of supportive parents who have done a fine job with field improvements for our baseball program. They're a blessing to us.

With the schedule and the number of games left and the way the teams are matched up, it's going to be a fight the rest of the year. That's the way it should be. That's what this time of year is all about, the excitement of baseball and trying to win the pennant.

We knew they were a great baseball team, and they did everything right to start. They had no walks, no errors and we couldn't run on them, but we've been behind before and that's why you play seven innings. We knew we could come back strong.

Bengie Molina

We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own.

Barry Bonds

I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.

Barry Bonds

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball

Barry Bonds

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

Barry Bonds

Baseball is just my job.

Barry Bonds

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.

Barry Bonds

I don't know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball.

Barry Bonds

It's a relief now to be able to stand next to my godfather and finally feel like I've accomplished something in the game of baseball.

Barry Bonds

Serra High school, to me, was my most enjoyable time for me in my entire life. That was the only time I was free. We just played baseball because it was fun.

Barry Bonds

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball

Derek Jeter

The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

Derek Jeter

If you play well on the field, everything will take care of itself.