Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Jim Morris

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Jim Morris.
Last updated on September 30, 2024.
Jim Morris

James Samuel Morris Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for two seasons with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Although brief, Morris' career is noted for making his MLB debut at the advanced age of 35 and after undergoing several arm surgeries. His story was dramatized in the 2002 film The Rookie.

I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid.
Something I should have achieved quite easily took me a long time to get around to.
I'd like to fly. Then I wouldn't have to wait in airport security lines. — © Jim Morris
I'd like to fly. Then I wouldn't have to wait in airport security lines.
When you lay your life out there, you want it to be as true as possible.
From the time I was 3, I wanted to be a major-league player. To accomplish that at 35, get my name on my jersey, be in the clubhouse with major-league players, see my family for the first time in three months, be in my home state and pitch the day I got called up, was incredible.
I consider myself very lucky. God has a funny way of bringing some things around and knocking you in the head with the ultimate destination. Something I should have achieved quite easily took me a long time to get around to. It came in His time, not mine.
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