Top 1012 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Baseball Players - Page 14

I love going out and doing new things.

Whether he gets hit early or in the middle or late, he gets in his seven innings it seems like every time. There are also great defensive plays made behind him and it's not a coincidence. Guys are in the game. He works quick.

No one really expects me to do anything offensively. But I expect a little more.

Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a lightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

I haven’t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you don’t feel good, and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man.

The way I perform best is with a clear and happy mind.

The farmer doesn't care for the pitchers' battle that resolves itself into a checkers game. The farmer loves the dramatic, and slugging is more dramatic than even the cleverest pitching.

Hustle is just playing the game right.

I had such a great year I didn't want to forget it.

My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

Nothing makes a pitcher feel more secure than the sight of his teammates circling the bases during a ball game.

Any ballplayers that played for me on either the Cardinals or the Yankees could come to me if he were in need and I would give him a helping hand. I made only two exceptions, Carl Mays and Joe Bush. If they were in a gutter, I'd kick them.

It is my biggest regret that I gave up 10 runs on my last outing as a Ranger.

I have learned that God’s silence to my questions is not a door slammed in my face. I may not have the answers—but I do have him.

He who has the fastest golf cart never has a bad lie.

When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.

I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and stuff, so that's work.

On January 27, 2001, the focus of my career and the process of changing the desires of my heart all began. It was no longer about me but rather how I could impact others for the Kingdom. I officially was in the people business. That philosophy, combined with a warrior mentality, I believe, has endeared me to being labeled a positive clubhouse influence.

Giving back is always something I'm doing - I'm honored for this, to always give back to the community.

I pride myself on being consistent. So, yes, it definitely means something, even though I don't set goals.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

You play for the team, you don't play for the fans.

If you want to meet girls, by far the best method is to carry a baby or a puppy.

I think everybody wants to make a difference in some way.

Christianity is called a spiritual walk. It's not a run and it's not a jog. It's a walk you do from day to day and that makes you stable.

I think that this necessity to travel, to see, it's part of human nature.

I've never been a good hitter.

North Dakota is a great state. Everybody is real supportive up there. I couldn't ask for a better place to call home.

Looking good is important. We're our own premium brand as professional athletes, so you want to be thoughtful about presentation and represent yourself and your city and sport as best you can.

Coaches and ownership are just like the fans on the street. They can always do it better, and they would always have done it differently when it doesn't work out.

All coaches religiously carry fungo bats in the spring to ward off suggestions that they are not working.

Pitching in the Olympic Games, Pan Am Games and Central American games prepared me to pitch at the big-league level.

I always told myself that if baseball was not fun anymore, then I would move on from it.

What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better.

I like you a lot and because I like you, I keep following you. To be honest, I can't hear either. No, I can hear, but I only wanted to hear what I want. That you liked me, that you wanted to be with me.

Not a man to mince words. People, yes. But not words.

I don’t know. But it’s my option. I don’t want to leave Chicago. I want to be successful here. I want to help this team, like I always say, be in the pennant race… I don’t want to leave, and I don’t think I will leave.

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I find it's often in huge tits, too.

I don't really set personal goals for home runs or anything like that. However many I hit, I hit. If I'm making consistent contact and hitting the ball hard, then I will hit home runs.

I love taking hits away from guys and seeing their reaction.

If you think too long, you think wrong.

All I know is that when I come to the ballpark I'm going to be on time and give 100 percent. I know that I have to do that to keep my job.

You name it, I've been everywhere in the U.S.

He (Buck Showaleter) never even smelled a jock in the big leagues. Mr. Baseball never even got a hit in Triple-A. I was a better player than him, I have more money than him and I'm better looking than him.

Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.

I don't really look at myself as a power hitter. I look at myself as someone who drives the ball to the gaps, hits line drives.

I stand here not because I have fame or money or because I play on TV or hit a World Series home run. That doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because I stand here as a humble person because I know He could have picked someone else. In His Word he says, 'the least of us shall be first.' When I look up, I realize I am blessed and I say thank you Jesus for all you have done for me because without you I would be nothing.

I'm not one for a lot of media attention.

Never, ever, ever give 100% in anything you do. . . Always give more!

As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night, Let loose upon the Earth till it be light.

I've gone through adversity most guys don't have to face.

I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of excitement. That excitement carries over into the playoffs and really helps.

George [Steinbrenner] is a great guy, unless you have to work for him.

Listen to your own voice, your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world, instead of themselves.

For me, being involved in a no-hitter or a perfect game is one of the most exciting things in baseball.

Well, there are three things that the average man thinks he can do better than anybody else. Build a fire, run a hotel and manage a baseball team.

I'm old school. I was taught that ice was for bourbon, not for your arm.

I've never been one to look at numbers or think about stuff like that. The only numbers I worry about are wins and losses-that's always been my biggest priority.

I notice a lot of hitters fraternize with pitchers. I see guys laughing and giggling before the game. These are the same pitchers who are trying to beat them. I've never seen Roger Clemens talking to hitters before the game. Bob Gibson was the same way. Man, I don't even see (Greg) Maddux playing golf with hitters.