Baseball Quotes

In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

I believe in the church of baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan… The only church that feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball. Annie Savoy (Susan Sarandon), Bull Durham (movie), script

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

Careers end with a ground ball to shortstop, not with a home run. Bull Durham (movie), script

The Mets have found ways of losing that I never knew existed.

Trying to throw a fastball by Henry Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster.

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice versa.

I went over and introduced myself. ‘Mr. DiMaggio, I’m Paul Simon. I’m the guy who wrote ‘Mrs. Robinson.’ He knew. He invited me to sit down… It was still the hippie days and he was wondering whether I was making fun of him. I told him I wasn’t making fun of him. I said the […]