Baseball Quotes

The clock doesn't matter in baseball. Time stands still or moves backwards. Theoretically, one game could go on forever. Some seem to.
Herb Caen

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every game
Gabe Paul

How hard is hitting? You ever walk into a pitch-black room full of furniture that you've never been in before and try to walk though it without bumping into anything? Well, it's harder than that
Ted Kluszewski

The greatest thrill in the world is to end the game with a home run and watch everybody else walk off the field while you're running the bases on air
Al Rosen

Baseball is like a poker game, nobody wants to quit when he's losing: nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead
Jackie Robinson

When we lost I couldn't sleep at night. When we win I can't sleep at night. But when you win, you wake up feeling better
Joe Torre

A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers gives him.
Johnny Evers

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

You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity...No we must not You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring
Rogers Hornsby

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back
Steve Garvey

Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that
Nomar Garciaparra

Baseball is a skilled game. It's America's game -- it, and high taxes

When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player, and join the circus. With the Yankees, I've accomplished both
Anthony Standen

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

When you play this game 20 years, go to bat 10,000 times, and get 3,000 hits, you know what that means? you've gone 0 for 7,000

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance
Barry Bonds

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer
Ted Williams

Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up
Bob Lemon

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball." They say, "Play ball."
Willie Stargell

Baseball is the only major sport that appears backwards in a mirror

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove
Vance Law







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