Baseball Quotes - Page 19

• Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.

  George Will

  Sports, Mlb, Games

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• Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

  Harry Caray

  Thinking, Days Off, Ballparks

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• Power is a big thing in baseball. It can't be cheapened. That is, a fellow has it or hasn't. It isn't a fluke or great accomplishment, like a perfect game. When Mantle connects, it's a tape-measure job. Nobody who ever lived has more power than Mantle.

  Gabe Paul

  Jobs, Games, Accomplishment

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• You hit .350 you're a leader. You hit .250 and you're not.

  Mickey Mantle

  Leader

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• He was our symbol of baseball at a time when the game meant something to us that perhaps it no longer does.

  Bob Costas

  Games, Doe, Symbols

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• I don't think I've changed very much. I think I'm the same kid that I was when I got here. When I came here all I wanted to do was win games. I wanted to play baseball for LSU and be the ultimate team player. That's all I want to do. If we don't end up being the last team to win the game at the end of the year then I won't be happy. That's all I'm worried about this year.

  Alex Bregman

  Team, Kids, Winning

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• The charm about baseball is everyone has played it in some form. Everyone relates to it.

  Vin Scully

  Charm, Form, Relate

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• Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive to play.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Sports, Play, Alive

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• Baseball has a special place in our hearts. It is the game that shows us as we would like to be.

  Mary McGrory

  Sports, Heart, Games

  Mary McGrory, Phil Gailey (2006). “The Best of Mary McGrory: A Half-Century of Washington Commentary”, p.195, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking about their feelings is the same as saying that women talk about their feelings in order to avoid talking about baseball.

  Deborah Tannen

  Men, Order, Talking

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• I have played professional baseball for over half my life. From the time I picked up a baseball glove, I did not want to put it down.

  Bernie Williams

  Gloves, Want, Half

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• My job is baseball. That's it. After, I'll talk to my country. I'm happy to do that.

  Hee-seop Choi

  Country, Jobs

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• Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.

  Pat Gillick

  Jobs, Team, House

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• The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.

  Lou Gehrig

  Sports, Loses, Yankees Baseball

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Think. Don't just swing. Think about the pitcher, what he threw you last time up, his best pitch, who's up next. Think.

  Ted Williams

  Thinking, Swings, Lasts

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• I worked real hard to learn to play first. In the beginning, I used to make one terrible play a game. Then, I got so I'd make one a week, and finally, I'd pull a real bad one maybe once a month. At the end, I was trying to keep it down to one a season.

  Lou Gehrig

  Real, Games, Play

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• The only way I'm going to get a gold glove is with a can of spray paint.

  Reggie Jackson

  Gold, Gloves, Way

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• When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it with beautiful clarity.

  Reggie Jackson

  Beautiful, Lines, Clarity

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• I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

  Roger Kahn

  Funny, Cute, Smile

  Roger Kahn (2000). “Good Enough to Dream”, p.84, U of Nebraska Press

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• If it weren't for Jesus, I would not be where I am today and my life would be without purpose. I've heard kids say they want to be just like me when they grow up. They should know I want to be just like Jesus.

  Albert Pujols

  Life, Religious, Jesus

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• What is the difference between astroturf and grass? I don't know, I never smoked astroturf.

  Tug McGraw

  Funny, Weed, Differences

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• A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a couple of years ago, A-Rod went to the hospital and promised a dying kid he'd ground out to second for him.

  Artie Lange

  Sports, Couple, Kids

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  There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life.

  Ernie Harwell

  Opportunity, Existence, Ups & Downs

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• Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.

  Babe Ruth

  Motivational, Advice, Something New

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