Quotes About Baseball

I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.

It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good.

I was not good at team sports, I have to say. I'm quite good at individual sports, but I was not good at team sports, so I wasn't good at baseball and football.

Waking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.

If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.

Running after balls, diving, taking a home run away, it gives me such a good feeling. I am happy to do it.

Casey Blake (a former Minnesota Twin, now with the Indians) is a good friend of mine, I'd like to see the Indians win.

I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

My dad was the first one who said, 'You're going to end up behind the plate because you've got a very good arm and you're very smart when it comes to calling a game.'

It's a good feeling to see the kids try to make it, try to get to the big leagues. Everyone here has an opportunity to achieve his dream. I was lucky I was able to achieve my dream.

I tried to use batting gloves at the beginning of every spring training up until 1999. It just didn't feel good.

My dad used to wake me up at 5:30 in the morning and hit me ground balls and tell me, 'Don't be afraid to excel. Don't be afraid to be great.'

It'll be a great day when the seniors have all the baseball caps they need and the Pentagon bombs Gilligan's Island.

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.

This is a great thing that's happening in baseball. We don't know if it will ever happen again.

My dad is my hitting coach. When I need help, I go to him.

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

I think that baseball as a whole, I am a huge romantic when it comes to the history and the stats and the numbers the stories behind it, so I would consider myself a pretty big fan.

It could be, it might be... It is, A home run!

Back, back, back, back. Gone.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

As professionals we have a responsibility of providing a good show for the fans. Getting hits and home runs is what they want to see.

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.