Baseball Quotes - Page 33

• Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.

  Derek Jeter

  Inspiring, Winning, Impact

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• Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it.

  Roger Clemens

  Sports, Memories, College

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 26, 2006.

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• The student body was huge at UT and you had to mature pretty quick, very quick actually. I enjoyed it and it helped me a lot in my life in general - not only in the classroom but on the baseball field as well.

  Roger Clemens

  Sports, Body, Fields

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 26, 2006.

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• Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball

  Roger Clemens

  Sports, College, Play

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. January 26, 2006.

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• Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of baseball to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do.

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Love You, Games, Names

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• Here I am, a baseball superstar, falling into the pits, having everybody write you off, and then having God say, 'I'm going to use your mess for a message.' How beautiful is that?

  Darryl Strawberry

  Beautiful, Fall, Writing

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• I think baseball owes McGwire a gratitude of thanks for putting baseball back on the map where it should be.

  Jose Canseco

  Gratitude, Thinking, Maps

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• The truth is, no one wants to face the fact that there was a huge double standard in baseball, and white athletes like Mark McGwire, Cal Ripken Jr., and Brady Anderson were protected and coddled in a way that an outspoken Latino like me never would be. The light-eyed and white-skinned were declared household names. Canseco the Cuban was left out in the cold, where racism and double standards rule.

  Jose Canseco

  Athlete, Light, Names

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• I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?

  Sammy Sosa

  Numbers, Waiting, Fame

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• I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position. And I felt that if I did my work as I've done since I was, you know, a rookie back in Seattle, I didn't have a problem competing at any level. So, no.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Strong, Done, Rookies

  "A-Rod: I've Never Used Steroids". Interview with Katie Couric, www.cbsnews.com. December 13, 2007.

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• I ain't got no problem in Boston, I especially like the attention. I know that I'm one of the top guys in this game and all the attention is on me, I got a lot of people on my shoulder but I'm human. I like to go. I like to have fun. I like to do this and that but I gotta represent Boston and the Red Sox in every way that I do outside this game. ... Like I said I get paid to play baseball no [matter] where I go to play I still gotta go and perform even if I like it or not.

  Manny Ramirez

  Fun, Boston, Games

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• I try to spend as much time as possible with God and my family. That's more important than anything I'm doing in baseball.

  Albert Pujols

  Important, Trying, My Family

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• You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

  Greg Maddux

  Winning, Play, People

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• Unfortunately, the rumors are going to be a part of it. But that's OK. I'm probably tested more than anybody else. I'm not hiding anything. That stuff didn't help me hit home runs. I don't care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.

  Jason Giambi

  Running, Home, People

  "Yankees' Giambi Tells Major League Baseball to Apologize for Drug Problems". www.foxnews.com. May 18, 2007.

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• I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back.

  Ben Chandler

  Player, Planning, Curveballs

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• I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then.

  Richie Ashburn

  Believe, Thinking, People

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• Before, if I wasn't in baseball, I wanted to become a doctor.

  Pedro Martinez

  Doctors, Wanted, Ifs

  "Pedro Martinez talks God, Boston and flowers". "Answer Man" with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. September 4, 2009.

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• Everything with me is normal except when I pitch (in Fenway Park). When I pitch here it's a little different. There is a little more anxiety to go along with the nostalgia because this is the park I grew up with as a kid. This is the park I dreamed of playing Major League Baseball in and no other ballpark has that feeling for me. There are a lot more family and friends here than in my normal starts and I want to pitch well here.

  Tom Glavine

  Kids, League, Anxiety

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• It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.

  Mark Teixeira

  Basketball, Sports, Football

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• I'm half-Italian and my name is Portuguese. Michael Young is half-Mexican. There are players from the United States that have heritage elsewhere and it's a great thing to have a world cup to celebrate the whole world. It shows the world that baseball is important and how great the game is.

  Mark Teixeira

  Italian, Player, Games

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• New York City is the capital for Baseball, not just for the pros, but also for the kids throughout the city, as well. No matter who you root for, the Borough Cup is going to make every kid and community that participates a winner.

  Mark Teixeira

  New York, Kids, Cities

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• Baseball will be back to Montreal, I want to see it. I want it to happen before I die. I will see it

  Felipe Alou

  Want, Montreal, Happens

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• Baseball is our national game.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Games

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• When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.

  Red Barber

  Player, Iron, Balls

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• I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the President or the Pope or as a 400 basball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market. You can intimidate everybody.

  James Carville

  Thinking, Political, President

  "Ideas & Trends: The Bondholders Are Winning; Why America Won't Boom" by Louis Uchitelle, www.nytimes.com. June 12, 1994.

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