Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mark Teixeira

Maybe that's it. Either that or there was a flaw or defect in the baseball. I hit it hard but ... I don't know if I could take credit for that.

Managing is the best job in baseball. And if you can't manage, then I've got the second-best job in baseball.

Man, that was fun. That's what Florida State baseball is all about.

Kirby Puckett

Man, see, you should have picked up that bat and baseball and learned to play the game when we were trying to teach you. You ain't going to make no money in journalism.

Jeffrey Loria

I'm hoping we can get this thing moving along. I'm hoping to re-energize (South Florida elected officials). We all have to get together to make this thing happen everybody who wants to save baseball in South Florida.

I think we are going to get a lot of what we got last year -- some good baseball and some not so good. I think they still need a slugger at first base. Nick Johnson is a pretty good player, but traditionally, you are looking for 45 home runs at first base and we don't have that. We have to make it up at other places. I'm pretty happy with their acquisition. They really strengthen their bench and that was a big thing.

Justin Verlander

I think video games are a huge part of our society now. Having kids play baseball video games helps them understand and love the game. It could actually push them to get out there and play the game for real. That's great for the sport.

I think Travis still has better baseball left in him. He could be a good catalyst for us in this tournament.

Jeff Conine

I think someone young with fresh ideas and a different style of baseball will be good for the team. Hopefully, it will be a good fit.

It is nice to have guys back that you have coached before. You hope they would teach the younger players the ropes and also how to be a baseball player in this program. They are nice leaders, now I just hope the others follow.

It is necessary that the best players be sent to Beijing so that there is high-quality baseball.

Tim Purpura

Last year, obviously we had two bites at the apple. This year we've got three, and we've got two more to go. We've got one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball going, and we've got another dominant pitcher going the night after that. So we feel, certainly, very well set up for it.

I was watching the baseball game on ESPN -- I can't even remember who the teams were now -- and I could feel it, ... You know how it feels when something wobbles and it gets to a point where it's not coming back? That's exactly how it felt and I said, 'Oh, no.'

I was about to start having people call baseball

I was a little concerned whether we could respond and start playing better baseball. It's not like we do that all the time. It's not one of our characteristics.

Nancy Cartwright

I will not re-transmit without the express permission of Major League Baseball

Physically you can say there's no problem. But obviously on the baseball side, there's a lot of work necessary.

Part of the reason that we scheduled them ... was to excite people in our community about college baseball. I think people are excited about it, and I think we've got a chance to have a great crowd and gain a lot of community support.

Bruce Bochy

Our objective is to get to the playoffs and play good baseball. We'll figure that out once that happens.

Our media strategy was twofold: target both the college & minor league baseball fan through strategic baseball partnerships with Rawlings, Easton etc; as well, we invested significantly behind online media to target the baseball gamer and baseball fan.

Our message is already out there from our international competitions. I think we showed people that baseball is spoken here, baseball and nothing else.

Bob Hope

Baseball is a soap opera that plays out day after day, one that a lot of elderly women watch until the characters and the plot becomes a part of their life. She got to enjoy the personal side of the players. They were her kids. The Braves were her family.

Bob Uecker

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.

Bob Uecker

I was acting when I was playing baseball.

Bob Uecker

The highlight of my baseball career came in Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium when I saw a fan fall out of the upper deck. When he got up and walked away, the crowd booed.

Bob Uecker

They broke it to me gently. The manager came up to me before a game and told me they didn't allow visitors in the clubhouse.

Bob Uecker

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.

Bob Uecker

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

Bob Uecker

People don't know this, but I helped the Cardinals win the pennant. I came down with hepatitis. The trainer injected me with it!

Bob Uecker

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.

Bob Uecker

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.

Bob Uecker

Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball?

Bob Uecker

I led the league in go get 'em next time.