Famous Quotes & Sayings

Monday, it struck me that I'm not ready to quit. I think I've got a lot of baseball to play. So when it comes around to that second game next week, I'll be playing.

Pete Rose

Mr. Selig looked at me and said, 'I want to know one thing. Did you bet on baseball?' ... I looked him in the eye. 'Sir, my daddy taught me two things in life -- how to play baseball and how to take responsibility for my actions. I learned the first one pretty well. The other, I've had some trouble with. Yes, sir, I did bet on baseball.'

Matt Price has done a great job for us all year. He's got great poise and that's one of the things I like about Matt. He looks like a baseball player out there.

Jim Courier

My initial dream was to be a baseball player, ... I remember throwing a baseball at 2-years-old in the house. My dreams of playing tennis just kept changing. It's been a remarkable road.

My lifestyle wasn't great in baseball, and I'm much happier now. After spending three years in the minors, getting a chance to play at Colorado was a dream come true for me.

Don Cooper

My job is basically to coach the people who are there. Everyone in baseball knows, though, that Vazquez is a high-quality pitcher.

Roger Clemens

My legs felt fine, ... I still need to get a little more strength in my lower half, but I think Jim Hickey, our pitching coach, and the skipper were happy with the way I was getting out over my front leg. So it makes a big difference; without the burning sensation in my leg, it was a lot nicer. My control was still off, and I think that was what was aggravating me a little early.

My first thought process was just keep it in the yard. Eighteen innings of baseball. That's unbelievable for two teams to go at it like that. It's the best game I've ever been a part of. I just want to keep learning and learning.

My first team was the Vipers 10-and-under. My dad played baseball. My grandmother's uncle played professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Adam Roberts

My first objective is to graduate. I definitely want to stay around the baseball field, maybe get into coaching and do it at the highest level I can.

Rabbit Maranville

Nobody gets any fun out of baseball any more. I guess a kid's crazy not to be serious about it when he's drawing down $20,000 or $30,000 a year, and any smart-aleck gag you try may be your last. But what's life without a laugh?

Peter Wright

one of the top Metro baseball players over the past three seasons.

Fay Vincent

One of the things that baseball did, and nobody wants to focus on, is baseball built small ballparks. They made it easy to hit home runs. Look at Houston; their left field is a joke. Baseball played to the home run as if it was the only great event in the game.

(O'Neil) is not going to be defined by the fact that he didn't get into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dan Wheldon

Obviously, Wrigley Field is similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in that it has that same mystique to it, ... I don't follow baseball too much, but I know how cool that stadium is and the history and heritage behind it.

Of all the unusual things my father did in baseball, ... my favorite hands down was the exploding scoreboard.

Larry Bowa

No, not at all. Whoever replaces Joe Torre has got their hands filled. He's probably been as good a manager as there's ever been in baseball for a long, long time. My thoughts right now are coaching third base for the Yankees in 2006.

(My Dad) told me, 'You have the chance to go to UMass and be a good kicker and a decent baseball player,' ... 'or you can play big-time Division I football, now pick.'

Eric Sogard

My dad played baseball and my uncle and pretty much everybody, so I was brought up early, at a young age, playing baseball.

Matt Clement

More important is him and his health and his family, not baseball. Let's get him healthy and get him healed up, then we'll worry about when he's going to come help us pitch.

Ivan Rodriguez

My goal is to stay healthy and keep on playing baseball as long as I can. I don't play it for the money. I play it because I love the game.

Dustin Pedroia

My goal is to play in the season, not Spring Training games. It would be nice to get out there and show them what I can do. But in the meantime I need to get myself ready for Opening Day and get out there playing, that's the biggest thing. I'm just resting right now, just doing all the rehab stuff, just kind of shutting baseball down a little bit.

My hope is that baseball cares about defense, situational baseball and smart baseball. But in the AL, you'd better have a little power to back that up.

My father wasn't a big baseball fan. However, he thought it would be a better profession then football.

Brian Cashman

Maybe he will be calling me now. I hope so, he's a good baseball man. We'd love to have him.

Maybe get the same contracts as these baseball guys. That would be nice.

David Wright

Now we have to prove to ourselves and the rest of baseball that we can win on the road.

Now we have the same off-season buzz they get in baseball. In the old days, a lot fewer people moved and they tended to gravitate to the same teams.

Next to my family, I loved baseball and football more than anything, ... And when you love something that much, a record means a lot.

Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.

Aaron Rowand

Obviously, it'd mean a lot to fans and baseball historians and stuff like that. But we're not worried about that. We're worried about the 25 guys in here.

Obviously it's a tragedy. Oscar helped a lot of young guys become better pitchers and better baseball players. He has a wonderful family, and Oscar will be missed.

Obviously, he's very concerned about it. We are reviewing the whole relationship with Baseball Chapel.