“They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.”

“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.”

“Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curveball straightened out.”

“Why does everyone stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?”

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

“Don’t forget to swing hard in case you hit the ball.”

“Any time you think you have the game conquered the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.”

“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.”

“Hated to bat against Don Drysdale. After he hit you he’d come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, ‘Do you want me to sign it?’”

“The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up.”

“Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.”

“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”

“Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.”

“I don’t get upset over things I can’t control, because if I can’t control them there’s no use in getting upset. And I don’t get upset over the things I can control because if I can control them there’s no use in getting upset.”

“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.”

“How can you think and hit at the same time?”

“All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.”

“You don’t save pitchers for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.”

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”

“Well, boys, it’s a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.”

“Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off… The right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases.”

“To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.”

“I’m never satisfied. I can’t stand satisfaction. To me greatness comes from that quest for perfection.”

“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”

“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit.”

“You observe a lot by watching.”

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”

“Winners make goals, losers make excuses.”

“A baseball park is the only place where a man’s wife doesn’t mind his getting excited over somebody else’s curves.”

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.”

“It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.”

“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you’re on offense, the other team controls the ball.”

“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”

“The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.”

“When you play this game 20 years, go to bat 10,000 times, and get 3,000 hits, you know what that means? You’ve gone 0 for 7,000.”