Baseball Quotes - page 5

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time. (Bob Feller)
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is. View quote
Bob Feller
Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up. View quote
Bob Lemon
Where would I be without baseball? Who am I without baseball? View quote
Bob Uecker
Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do. View quote
Bob Uecker
There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on. View quote
Bobby Thomson
Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else. View quote
Brooks Robinson
I'm a guy who just wanted to see his name in the lineup everyday. To me, baseball was a passion to the point of obsession. View quote
Brooks Robinson
Say this for big league baseball - it is beyond any question the greatest conversation piece ever invented in America. View quote
Bruce Catton
I think that's why I like baseball. There's something great about it - you're young, the pitcher's young and he's got this great arm, and he doesn't really realize anything about strategy. View quote
Bruce McCulloch
When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players. (Bruce Sutter)
I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. View quote
Bryce Harper
I'm going through a divorce now. This is the second one, and like baseball, I'm not gonna get three strikes. I've been living by myself for five years and I'm very comfortable. I can play my guitar when I want to. View quote
Buddy Guy
Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball. View quote
Barry Bonds
I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport. View quote
Barry Bonds
Baseball is just my job. View quote
Barry Bonds
I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball. View quote
Barry Bonds
When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball. View quote
Barry Bonds
Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you. View quote
Chad Harbach
The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way. View quote
Charles Kuralt
Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics and reflect on the intangibles - what baseball calls 'make up' and politics calls 'character' - the leadership, talent and maturity to add value to a venture. (Christine Pelosi)
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. View quote
Christy Mathewson
If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work. View quote
Christy Mathewson
I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt. View quote
Chuck Connors
I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet. View quote
Claudio Reyna