Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.
You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.
If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's going to stop them.
Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half if physical
Ninety percent of this game is half mental.
If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them .
Back then, if you had a sore arm, the only people concerned were you and your wife. Now it's you, your wife, your agent, your investment counselor, your stockbroker, and your publisher.
If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.
A ball player has got to be kept hungry be become a big leaguer. That is why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues.
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand.
You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow, it may rain.
Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you.
Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.
Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it is a business.
Hit em where they ain't.
Being an umpire is like being a king. It prepares you for nothing.
Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.
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.
A full mind is an empty bat.
See the ball; hit the ball.
Trying to get a fast ball past Hank Aaron is like trying to get the sun past a rooster.
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
Going to bed with a woman never hurt a ball player. It's staying up all night looking for them that does you in.
Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate Who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.
In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.