Famously Said Random quote

Quotes about baseball

24 quotes from 17 people

Most readBy personPage 2 of 2

I decided to pick out the greatest hitter to watch and study, and Jackson was good enough for me.
Babe Ruth1895–1948On Shoeless Joe Jackson, as quoted in “The Sportlight” by Grantland Rice, in The Daily Boston Globe (December 16, 1932), p. 40
Baseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team play. You can have the nine greatest individual ball players in the world, but if they don’t play together the club won’t be worth a dime.
Babe Ruth1895–1948“Chapter X,” Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball (1928), p. 135; reprinted as “Babe Ruth’s Own Story — Chapter X: Great Individual Stars Worth Little Without Team Play; Signs and How They Operate, The Pittsburgh Press (January 18, 1929), p. 45
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Attributed in Colin Jarman, The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in.
Casey Stengel1890–1975
- Sex
There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in Casey’s bearing and a smile lit Casey’s face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’twas Casey at the bat.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer1863–1940Casey at the Bat (1888)In context
- Pride
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;
But there is no joy in Mudville⁠—great Casey has struck out.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer1863–1940Casey at the Bat (1888)In context
- Sports
All I want out of life, is that when I walk down the street folks will say, ‘There goes the greatest hitter that ever lived.’
Ted Williams1918–2002My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (1970), p. 7
Hitting is 50% above the shoulders.
Ted Williams1918–2002
A man has to have goals — for a day, for a lifetime — and that was mine, to have people say, “There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.”
Ted Williams1918–2002My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life (1970), p. 7
- Motivation & Goals