Top 135 Catcher Quotes & Sayings

DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does.

It's hard on an all-gay softball team because no one knows if they want to be a pitcher or a catcher.

The catcher is in the middle of everything. He sees it best.

You can't go to medical school and come out and be like, 'I'm going to be a dog catcher.' That would be so pointless.

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench.

My dad and I, we used to play baseball. I was the catcher. Which I liked. Until one day, I saw this game on TV, and I said, Hang on, how come their catcher doesn't have his hands tied to his ankles?

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

Canzeroni is the only defensive catcher that can't catch.

Yes, hard is good. When I was in high school, I spent a lot of time on my knees playing with balls. I guess it was only natural that I became a catcher.

[The Outsiders] was all new to me. It's been fun to be a part of that ride, where it's become on the level of Catcher In The Rye in terms of people's required reading in schools.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I really like The Catcher in the Rye a lot.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

It's nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

I don't really look at the catcher at all. I think you steal bases off the pitcher.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

Let's be honest, if the Democrats didn't support ignoring our nation's immigration laws, there is no way they could win the presidency or a local dog catcher election.

A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.

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

When the catcher throws down a curveball, I'm like, 'Okay, I can definitely do that.' If I miss with it, I'm still ready to throw it again.

I never show my books to Ricky. His writing is very different, and anyway, he's only read one novel in his life: 'The Catcher in the Rye.'

I was always taught that a catcher has to be the brains of the team.

It is now. It is always now. Now is good. Now could be the best. My name is Catcher. My name was Catcher. My name...my name... I am... I am lost, I am found and then I am free and I am happy. When I jump over that edge, someone leaps with me, shoulder to shoulder. I smell kinship on him. Kinship is all. I'm not alone. Never alone. I land, earth below me, moon above. I am wolf. We are pack. And that is all I need.

Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.

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

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

The game has never seen a better catcher than YADIER MOLINA.

As a catcher, I know the pitcher is trying to get ahead in the count.

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

The only job worse is a javelin catcher at a track - and - field meet.

You have to draft a catcher, because if you don't have one, the pitch will roll all the way back to the screen.

Maintaining concentration depends on what I call tunnel vision; nothing else in the world exists but the catcher's target, the hitter and my perfect delivery.

I learned guitar solely for the purpose of meeting women. I'd heard it's a great lady-catcher.

You might be a redneck if the dog catcher calls for a backup unit when he visits your house.

I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.

When a catcher has to use his thumb to give signs, that means the pitcher has more than four pitches.

One of my favorite books is 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' by George Orwell, and 'Catcher in the Rye,' obviously, is a big influence and is one of my favorites.

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.

I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put 'A Clockwork Orange' my way, and 'Catcher in the Rye.'

Its nice to have a catcher who knows my mechanics, too. That way if I get into trouble he can stop it before I get out of control.

Joe Torre, who switched to first base because he didn't want to go through life as Chicken Catcher Torre. Never got a dinner!

I really didn't have a favorite Major League catcher in college, but I would watch a lot of games. If one was on, I'd try to pick up little things from whomever was catching at that time.

I had English grammar book and started to teach myself. I read 'Catcher in Rye,' in Russian. I was amazed at freedom in 'Catcher in Rye!' Freedom to have those perceptions of life!

Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively.

The catcher in the rye... that's all I really want to be.

I played baseball a little bit and ran some track. I was a catcher at one point and I was at shortstop.

Also "Catcher in the Rye", which happens to be one of my favorite books, I just found that kind of useful. It helps you get into the American accent.

Very few teachers or leaders in my small Michigan community ever discussed the issue of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and certainly no one came to the 1951 Novel's defense.

I remember reading 'Catcher in the Rye,' but I don't think I got it.

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

I was fantastically well versed by the time I left school. I had a teacher who put A Clockwork Orange my way, and Catcher in the Rye.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.

All I've done is work hard to get better and better every single year to become the best catcher I can be.

I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

Everybody has always put this on me, this label, that I'm not a very good defensive catcher. To me, I don't see it that way.

'Catcher in the Rye.' I feel like any brooding teen loves that book.

The forbidden things were a great influence on my life. I was forbidden from reading A Catcher in the Rye.