Quotes About Sports

When you think of Canada, you think of hockey and you think of Wayne Gretzky.

My dad started taking me to Winnipeg games when I was 3 or 4. As a kid, I loved Wayne Gretzky, and I remember the first game I got to see him play against the Jets. The Kings beat the Jets, and I was happy that they did. Gretzky left the game after the first period, and I was upset about that.

Thursday night football is here to stay. So we're looking at ways to make it safer. Now they're playing division games, so you limit travel. Now the question is, should you play Sunday night before a Thursday night?

We cannot play soccer without hands. You need your arms while running.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

I can understand how people who don't really follow baseball can look at 'dead arm' and think the absolute worst. Basically, a dead arm is when your arm kind of feels a little heavy, kind of feels weak, and basically, it's just muscular fatigue.

It is basic, serve at the weak point of your opponent.

There's no easier pitch to hit than a splitter that doesn't do anything.

I love to pitch so much.

I'm sitting here with the Mets, and I get to throw out the first pitch. That's one of the coolest things in the world for anybody.

I do my best; I go onto the pitch and I play to the best of my ability.

The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.

What I love about England is that the fans have great respect for the players on and off the pitch.

I haven't got enough sense not to pitch.

The pitch is always going to be the same lines, same goal height. It's just a game of football.

It is nice to be playing, being on the pitch, and contributing to the team.

On Edens Gardens pitch, nobody bowls well.

Personally, I think fans would rather watch a DH hit than a pitcher hit.

In baseball, I was a pitcher, which I hated because there was no action there.

I'm a fly-ball pitcher, guys.

I love both sports, but the deciding factor was, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a huge advantage in baseball because of that, and I didn't have that type of advantage in hockey.

If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best basketball player, let's get Bill Russell. If we want the guy who can do the best job for the United States - let's get Donald Trump.

If you asked a baseball pitcher from the '50s what a middle reliever was, he'd laugh at you. In the '50s, everyone pitched complete games.

Maybe I'm biased because I'm a pitcher, but I think that's pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.