Baseball Quotes

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said that if I was playing third base and my mother rounded third with the winning run, I'd trip her up.

Leo Durocher

Sure I played, did you think I was born at the age of 70 sitting in a dugout trying to manage guys like you?

Casey (Charles Dillon) Stengel,

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

Casey (Charles Dillon) Stengel,

Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too tough . . . I lack patience. I probably got on guys a little too hard, with the wrong tone of voice.

Frank Robinson, In Sports magazi

When I played ball, I didn't play for fun. . . . It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.

Ty Cobb

Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.

Joe Garagiola

The guy with the biggest stomach will be the first to take off his shirt at a baseball game.

Glenn Dickey

Fans don't boo nobodies.

Reggie Jackson

Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes.Home plate don't move.

Satchel Paige

All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'

Mickey Lolich

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.

Christy Mathewson

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

Casey (Charles Dillon) Stengel

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.

Gerald Early

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

George Brett

See the ball; hit the ball.

Pete Rose

A team of giants needs giant pitchers who throw good ideas but every pitcher needs an outstanding catcher. Without giant catchers, the ideas of the giant pitchers may eventually disappear.

Max de Pree

It is more profitable for me to have a team that is in contention for most of the season but finishes about fourth. A team like that will draw well enough during the first part of the season to show a profit for the year, and you don't have to give the players raises when they don't win.http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/M/Mack_Connie.stm

Connie Mack

I have seen boys on my baseball team go into slumps and never come out of them, and I have seen others snap right out and come back better than ever. I guess more players lick themselves than are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself. Training counts. You can't win any game unless you are ready to win.

Connie Mack

I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.

Hank Aaron

I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I get out on the field, nothing's a joke to me. I don't feel like I should walk around with a smile on my face.

Hank Aaron