Quotes about baseball
baseball very-good has-beens
Baseball has been very good to me. Roberto Clemente
baseball world doe
Nobody does anything better than me in baseball (said before the 1971 World Series). Roberto Clemente
baseball player baseball-player
God wanted me to be a baseball player. Roberto Clemente
baseball past games
Why does everyone talk about the past? All that counts is tomorrow's game. Roberto Clemente
baseball player born
I am convinced that God wanted me to be a baseball player. I was born to play baseball. Roberto Clemente
baseball thinking long
I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive. Roberto Clemente
baseball giving want
I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give. Roberto Clemente
baseball play born
I was born to play baseball. Roberto Clemente
baseball loss blessing
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. Walt Whitman
baseball kids league
Everything with me is normal except when I pitch (in Fenway Park). When I pitch here it's a little different. There is a little more anxiety to go along with the nostalgia because this is the park I grew up with as a kid. This is the park I dreamed of playing Major League Baseball in and no other ballpark has that feeling for me. There are a lot more family and friends here than in my normal starts and I want to pitch well here. Tom Glavine
baseball league cry
Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball. Tom Hanks
baseball feet hitting
When Steve and I die, we are going to be buried in the same cemetery, 60-feet 6-inches apart. Tim McCarver
baseball games speed
Speed slows down the game. Tim McCarver
baseball going-out bob
I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit! Tim McCarver
baseball nice player
It is nice to have the fans recognize you, not because it makes you feel like a big-time player, but because they enjoy watching baseball and they like watching us play. It's going to get even better being here. Pretty soon, the city could be one of the best places to play. Ryan Zimmerman
baseball easy
Baseball wasn't easy for me. Ryne Sandberg
baseball player who-i-am
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. Ryne Sandberg
baseball player harder
No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. Hes the best Ive ever seen. Ryne Sandberg
baseball next-day next
In baseball, there's always the next day Ryne Sandberg
baseball play league
I took a huge risk leaving baseball, because I was predicted to play in the big leagues. I'm kind of a prototypical second baseman. Russell Wilson
baseball boys men
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. Roy Campanella
baseball jesus believe
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. Ron Shelton
baseball games world
When I got out of baseball, I got all the way out. I might watch a World Series game or something. Rollie Fingers
baseball team roots
Never root for a team whose uniforms have elastic stretch waistbands. Susan Sarandon
baseball men fans
One of the duties of a baseball fan is to engage in arguments with the man behind him. Sharon Olds
baseball blow world
Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up. Sharon Olds
baseball eye guy
I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base. Simone Elkeles
baseball degrees said
I'm very distressed that the report was leaked early so that the initial headline said 'dismissed, fired.' That's 180 degrees from the arrangement we have potentially. Tony La Russa
baseball animal lasts
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll always have more at-bats to take. That's true in baseball, in rescuing animals, and in life generally. Tony La Russa
baseball fastballs
When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's. Tommy John
baseball games celebrate
There are a lot of pitchers in baseball who should celebrate his life and what he did for the game of baseball. Tommy John
baseball team believe
I managed the Dodgers for 20 years. It's hard to believe that there are only four guys in the history of baseball who managed the same team for 20 years or more. One was owner of the team, Connie Mack. Another was part owner of the team, John McGraw. Then there was my predecessor, Walter Alston, and me. It's amazing. In the 20 years I managed the Dodgers, 210 managers were fired. Tommy Lasorda
baseball race pregnant-women
Bruce Benedict is so slow he'd finish third in a race with a pregnant woman. Tommy Lasorda