A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn’t the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn’t going to say every day, ‘Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.
~Bill Dickey
The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.
~Bo Jackson
Don’t shed any tears. You think about this. Here I am, the grandson of a slave. And here the whole world was excited about whether I was going into the Hall of Fame or not. We’ve come a long ways.
~Buck O’Neil
Having fun is definitely how you’re going to keep yourself loose and be at your best.
~Mookie Betts
You give loyalty, you’ll get it back. You give love, you’ll get it back.
~Tommy Lasorda
Hell, better hitters than them couldn’t hit me. Why should they’ve been any different?
~Jackie Mitchell, on striking out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
~Christy Mathewson
I always play with a big smile on my face.
~Tony Gwynn
We came close tonight, but in baseball that’s not good enough. Tough loss.
~Mike Sweeney
If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I’d trip her. Oh, I’d pick her up and brush her off and say, ‘Sorry, Mom,’ but nobody beats me.
~Leo Durocher
