Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Garagiola

You can call anything a sport if you want.

I only wear two rings: a wedding ring and my World Series ring.

All the 'Today show' viewer wants, I think, is a friendly face.

The catcher is a groundhog. He's a guy squatting down, digging for the ball in the dirt, and sweating under a pile of uncomfortable protective gear while his knees creak.

Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.

It's pitching, hitting and defense that wins. Any two can win. All three make you unbeatable.

As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.

I think that baseball is still the most entertaining game because it's the simplest to watch.

I always loved the signs on the outfield walls, and I'll never forget the one in Philadelphia. It said, 'The Phillies use Lifebuoy soap,' and underneath was scrawled, 'And they still stink.'

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.

Catchers just aren't glamorous.

I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

I know nothing about dogs except that I love them.

The Orioles' Dick Hall comes off the mound like a drunk kangaroo on roller skates.

You have to retire before you can make the Hall of Fame.

I'm a small dog guy. I don't want to be pattin' with the big Rottweiler or Great Dane. I like those little guys that jump on your lap and don't knock you over when they do.

The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

Don't tell me you can pitch...pitch. Don't tell me you can sell...sell.

It seems the baseball player of today will not be satisfied until he plays two weeks in the big league and is able to retire at twenty-two.

Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.

Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!

Billy Loes was the only player in the majors who could lose a ground ball in the sun

Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every pressure on you to prove you haven't got what it takes.

The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.

You really have to be some kind of a creep for a dog to reject you.

Don't be afraid to fail. Experience is just mistakes you don't make anymore.

I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.

My first baseman is George "Catfish" Metkovich from our 1952 Pittsburgh Pirates team, which lost 112 games. After a terrible series against the New York Giants, in which our center fielder made three throwing errors and let two balls get through his legs, manager Billy Meyer pleaded, "Can somebody think of something to help us win a game?" "I'd like to make a suggestion," Metkovich said. "On any ball hit to center field, let's just let it roll to see if it might go foul."

He's one of those Christmas Eve guys. There are people like that... every day in their lives is Christmas Eve.

I went through baseball as a player to be named later.

Being traded is like celebrating your 100th birthday. It might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative.

There is no defense against the base on balls.