Baseball Quotes

“If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.”

“I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.”

“When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.”

“In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.”

“If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.”

“Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.”

“When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.”

“After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.”

“I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films and television. I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.”

“I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.”