Baseball Player Quotes

In order to become a big-league manager you have to be in the right place at the right time. That's rule number one.

Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them.

I wasn't quite sure how a player got to the big leagues. As far as I knew, he was just there one day.

I don't smoke. Smoking will hurt you when you try to run out a triple.

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

Trying to hit him was like trying to drink coffee with a fork.

On facing Southpaw Sandy Koufax

Willie Stargell

I don't know why people like the home run so much. A home run is over as soon as it starts... wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

George Foster (baseball)

A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.

They say the first World Series is the one you remember most. No, no no. I guarantee you don't remember that one because the fantasy world you always dreamed about is suddenly real.

Sparky Anderson

Each year I don't play, I get better. The first year on the banquet trail, I was a former ballplayer, the second year I was great, the third year one of baseball's stars, and just last year I was introduced as one of baseball's immortals. The older I get, the more I realize that the worst break I had was playing.

Joe Garagiola Sr.

If you had a pill that would guarantee a pitcher 20 wins, but might take five years off his life, he'd take it.

Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with Bourbon can't be beat.

A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.

Thank you, God, for giving me strength and making me a ballplayer.

Maybe I'm not in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame like so many of my baseball buddies, but I'm happy I had the chance to play pro ball and am especially proud of my contributions to my country. Perhaps I could not hit like Babe Ruth, but I spoke more languages than he did.

The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.

He's an emotional guy, but I don't believe what went on the field tonight outside of baseball deserves any words.

Carlos Zambrano

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

If you get fooled by a pitch with less than two strikes, take it.