Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Realistically, I shouldn't be able to turn a doorknob without having some discomfort.
All of the Mets' road wins against Los Angeles this year have been at Dodger Stadium.
I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.
Rickey was never motivated by stats. He was motivated by numbers. Wins, runs, steals.
Let's see, for breakfast Rickey will have bacon and eggs, and grits if I can get 'em.
It would have been a helluva lot more fun if I had not hit those sixty-one home runs.
When you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city.
I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers
Whenever you get traded out and you are playing for a winning team, it's always good.
Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.
You don't play 162 games without facing some adversity during the course of the year.
You name it, I've got it. Some players have to be 100 percent (to play), but I don't.
Youngsters of Little League can survive undercoaching a lot better than overcoaching.
I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.
If a reporter doesn't like the person he's writing about, it shows up in his article.
Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.
I'm just trying to put together good at-bats and do anything I can to help contribute.
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout.
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.
The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.
Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them.
Everyone here contributes to win the games, so there is no pressure on any one player.
We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future.
I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
You go through things sometimes that make you aware of the really good things in life.
You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful.
I've come to realize that real growth of character takes place in the valleys of life.
The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.
Our fans don't want to see us win the Wild Card. They want to see us win the division.
If they knocked two of your guys down, I'd get four. You have to protect your hitters.
I have figured out it's not what you do on the field, it's how many games you play in.
I don't think it's up to black athletes to get involved in political or racial issues.
There is no logical reason why girls shouldn't play baseball. It's not all that tough.
I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.
It was a dream come true to be drafted by a pro team and have the opportunity to play.
You can either take it as a way to motivate yourself or be happy with what you've got.
Now I know that I don't have to go after every batter with the hardest pitch I've got.
Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.
If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.
There is one word in America that says it all, and that one word is, 'You never know.'
Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.
I don't just think regular season. I think playoffs. World Series. That's how I think.
I know there are millions of people praying for me, and I strongly believe in prayers.
I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.
As spirits roam the neighborhoods at night, Let loose upon the Earth till it be light.
I owe my success to expansion pitching, a short right field fence, and my hollow bats.
My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving.
I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.