Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hank Aaron

I came to the Braves on business, and I intended to see that business was good as long as I could.

Hank Aaron

I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.

Hank Aaron

Baseball is a lot like the ivy-covered wall of Wrigley Field--it gives off a great appearance, but when you run into it, you discover the bricks underneath. At times, it seems that we're dealing with a group of men who aren't much different than others we've all run into over the years, except they wear neckties instead of robes and hoods.

Hank Aaron

Baseball needs me because it needs somebody to stir the pot, and I need it because it's my life. It's the means I have to make a little difference in the world.

Hank Aaron

Looking at the ball going over the fence isn't going to help.

Hank Aaron

In baseball, there is something electrifying about the big leagues. I had read so much about (Stan) Musial, (Ted) Williams and (Jackie) Robinson. I had put those guys on a pedestal. They were something special. I really thought they put their pants on different, rather than one leg at a time.

Hank Aaron

You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.

Hank Aaron

I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn't share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.

Hank Aaron

I never thought home runs were all that exciting. I still think the triple is the most exciting thing in baseball. To me, a triple is like a guy taking the ball on his 1-yard line and running 99 yards for a touchdown.

Hank Aaron

I've tried a lot of things in the off-season, but the only thing I really know is baseball.

Hank Aaron

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Harold Reynolds

I don't understand. All of a sudden, it's not just BA and Runs Scored, it's OBA. And what is with O-P-S?

Jacques Barzun

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Jacques Barzun

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight.

Jeremy Bonderman

I like to hunt. After baseball, I'll go back and buy some land and do some farming.

Goose Gossage

Baseball as I have said before to many... many parents it's not about wins and losses. It's about the life lessons that are learned on that baseball field. The perseverance, the hard work that it takes, dealing with failure.

Goose Gossage

The game of baseball is a game of failure because it's so difficult to play. A 300 hitter, a superstar fails seven out of ten times at the plate. So what does that tell you about the game and its difficulty?

Goose Gossage

Every life lesson is on that baseball field.

Honus Wagner

I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum.

Honus Wagner

In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw 'em.

Honus Wagner

There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.

Honus Wagner

I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime.

Home Run Baker

I hope I never do anything to hurt baseball.

Home Run Baker

I heard a fella say once he'd rather have a rose bud when he was alive than to have a whole rose garden thrown his way after he is gone. It looks like they've (the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1935) thrown the roses my way while I'm still here.

Fay Vincent

I don't think Bud wants a major confrontation. On other hand he wants major changes, and that's going to lead to a major confrontation, ... The union is very well run. They win all the legal fights and baseball has to fold. There isn't much history that says the owners have a very good chance.

George Steinbrenner

I am very happy that Brian will continue as general manager. Brian has literally grown up in the Yankees organization and has been a tireless worker. He is very knowledgeable about the game and the business of baseball and is extremely loyal. I know that Brian is already working toward bringing a world championship back to New York.

Vladimir Guerrero

I am very, very happy for the fans, ... I really wanted to do it here for them because they have been very supportive. Out in right field, people kept telling me that I would do it. I am happy there is still some baseball left to play.

I am not sure that the rankings mean all that much right now other than people respect our program and that's a compliment. I don't really care about it. All I want is for our team to go out and play good solid baseball and that we try to get better everyday.

I am not sure right now, but I will play baseball or basketball in college.

Daisuke Matsuzaka

I believe Major League Baseball is the best league in the world. I would like to try what I can do in this league in the future.

I believe Major League Baseball is here in force. I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.

I believe Major League Baseball is here in force, ... I know what they tell us about certain latitudes you get in postseason play because you're supposed to be emotional and try and win this.

Carlos Sanchez

I believe it will lift baseball not only in Puerto Rico, but also in other places of the world where it's been down.