Dan Quisenberry
Dan Quisenberry
Dan Raymond "Quiz" Quisenberrywas an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Kansas City Royals. Notable for his submarine-style pitching delivery and his humorous quotes, he led the American League in saves a record five times, and retired in 1990 with 244 saves, then the 6th-highest total in major league history...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 February 1953
CountryUnited States of America
Dan Quisenberry quotes about
sports jobs character
It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.'
jobs real mean
I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.
sports motivational-sports present-future
The future is much like the present, only longer.
time future forecasting
I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer.
losing pitcher fastballs
Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.
flaws found pitcher
I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw.
games enemy lines
Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.
baseball homework best-things
The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.
way los-angeles burrowing
Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
league stronger amphetamines
When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry.
baseball player facts
He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact.
movie years lasts
It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made.
stars team angel
They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses.
real pregnancy seven
Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy.