Quotes About Baseball

I guess what really made me a Dodgers fan from the beginning was that the team had Jackie Robinson, the first 'Negro' in the major leagues.

Jackie was speaking at a drugstore, and I said, 'I'm not going to get this opportunity again, so I better take my chances and listen to Jackie Robinson now.' Little did I know, I got front row seats, and next to me was my father.

It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.

For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.

Jackie Robinson is a true legend.

It was a breaking period for black people coming into baseball, and how many followed depended on Jackie's conduct. But that's not the case now. What and how I do doesn't mean nearly as much as what and how Jackie did.

I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.

One of my heroes growing up was Jackie Robinson. My mom, an ardent baseball fan from whom I got my love of the game, had an old baseball card of his from the 1950s and told us his amazing story of courage in integrating baseball.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

When I was younger, to be honest, watching Bo Jackson, I dreamed of playing both sports. But as I got older, the opportunities were much better in hockey than baseball.

When I think about it, if somebody was to pass Pete Rose's record just playing in Japan, that would be a bigger accomplishment because of the few games they play over there.

In Japan, football has grown but it doesn't mean that baseball has regressed. Baseball also has grown with football.

I always dreamed of working in an MLB front office and ruining baseball, but I have to settle for ruining 'Jeopardy' instead.

Jerry Coleman was the kind of player who made me proud to wear the pinstripes.

I told Pedro this story: I used to wear a freakin' Pedro Martinez jersey because it had 'Martinez' on the back.

I don't think Hank Greenberg thought of himself as the first Jewish baseball player - he was a baseball player who happened to be Jewish. I'm an artist who happens to be Latin.

There are so few Jewish ballplayers, so you want to be a positive role model and provide an example that the Jewish community can be proud of.

When he was a player, I was always close to Jim Fregosi.

I lost money, coaching jobs, a shot at the Hall of Fame.

The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

My favorite player back then was Joe Adcock. I don't know why he was my favorite player. He just was.