Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are certainly pleased with the decision by the jury stating that we were not in breach of the existing lease with the city and, in fact, are in compliance with the lease. This was a business dispute. We worked through the 2005 season and we've worked on the World Baseball Classic. We just reached a point where we didn't agree.

The story of Latinos in baseball, to a large degree was started in Tampa. There was some in Key West, but it really began to flourish in Tampa.

Ron Gardenhire

The story has always been with him that he's a sloppy practice guy, but a good game guy. He's gotten better at his practice now, and a lot of people talked to him about that, working on some drills. He's grown up a little bit and made his presence known this year in camp.

The soccer side will be heavily involved in camps. Baseball will have an everyday presence.

The sports hall in Chicago is a great facility, and Joe is an icon in the Italian-American community there. Chicago is such a great baseball town, so it made perfect sense to bring the items to the city.

Brian Giles

(The sweep) was disappointing, but only because we know we can play better baseball than that.

Jeff Davis

The third inning was a good offensive inning for us. It really set the tone and helped us settle in.

The Sox were the best team in baseball and they deserved to win -- I'm happy for them. But whether the Sox won the World Series or not, we won 79 games last year and that's not acceptable.

Marquis Grissom

The sooner and better they understand themselves, the better baseball player they'll be. That's the best teacher of all, experience.

Fay Vincent

The thing that makes this different from the Rose investigation is the scope. This could take (Mitchell) into all sorts of nooks and crannies. This will be a nightmare for everybody, but baseball has to get the moral high ground back.

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Every pitcher in America's going to say, 'Darn it, that shouldn't have been hit.' But he hit my pitch.

Dusty Baker

The things I want to see out of him is baseball experience and work on fundamental instinctive stuff -- running the bases, hitting the cutoff man, knowing when to run. I've heard that when he gets thrown out, he stops running. When you get thrown out, you need to be more daring.

Barry Bonds

I've never cared about records anyway. So what difference does it make? Right now, I'm telling you, I don't even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I'm not having fun. I love the game of baseball itself, but I don't like what it's turned out to be. I'm not mad at anybody. It's just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player.

Mike Young

I've made no bones about wanting to work more on a full-time basis with cricket, I gave up my baseball career to do this because I believe in it,

I've moved around so much in life. Baseball has always been there.

I've learned so much about baseball and life's lessons. Hawaii has been very good to me.

I've always thought about pursuing baseball because it's always what I've wanted. I wouldn't be coming to Somerset if I didn't want to.

I've always wanted to open up a baseball facility and be a mentor to kids.

John Gibbons

I've been around some good baseball people, but he's so good in all phases of the game. You're not going to find a better worker, you're not going to find a guy who cares as much. Sometimes he probably cares too much, but he's just top notch all the way around.

Tim Hudson

I usually hit doubles and homers, ... I didn't know whether I should turn left or right at second base.

Ryan Howard

I didn't go to school three years for nothing. It was something that was understood. Even though I went to play baseball, one day I would come back and get my degree.

Russell Baker

Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.

Ron Darling

Major League Baseball is the best league in the world, full of capable hitters up and down every single lineup.

Ron Darling

Let me get this straight. The owners are about to shut down baseball when it's more prosperous than it's even been, and the players are the ones who have to get their urine tested?

Tyler Hoechlin

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a long time. I turned down multiple jobs and meetings because of it.

Tyler Hoechlin

I was never one of those kids that felt like I had to go to practice or that I was being made to go to practice or forced to play the game. Baseball was a natural fit for me.

Tyler Hoechlin

Baseball I played literally from the time I can remember. My dad had played, my older brother played, so I always wanted to be like my older brother. That just kind of was a natural thing that I fell into.

Tyler Hoechlin

Even though you make twelve hundred bucks a month, if I was making twelve hundred bucks a month to play baseball, I would have done it. I would have stayed.

Tyler Hoechlin

I played [baseball] in college, so it wasn't that much a stretch. But I would say the main thing for guys who hadn't played before it's just one word - swagger. If you have swagger on the field, and look like you know how to play, that's 90% of it.

Troy Glaus

I've discovered there is another life besides baseball. You have to be balanced to be a happy person.

Tris Speaker

Luck is the great stabilizer in baseball.

Tris Speaker

Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.

Tris Speaker

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.