Baseball Quotes

(Babe) Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.
- Tris Speaker

(Dwight Gooden) his fastball crackling , his curveball dropping as suddenly as a duck shot in the air, has begun his charge for a third straight award-winning season.
- Ira Berkow

A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big-leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
- Joe DiMaggio

A coach's main job is to reawaken a spirit in which the players can blend together effortlessly.
- Phil Jackson

A good professional athlete must have the love of a little boy. And the good players feel the kind of love for the game that they did when they were Little Leaguers.
- Tom Seaver

A white kid tries to become President of the United States, and all the skills and knowledge he picks up on the way can be used in a thousand different jobs. A black kid tries to become Willie Mays, and all the tools he picks up on the way are useless to him if he doesn't become Willie Mays.
- Melvin Rogers