America's pastime and the wisdom of its greatest players.
There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.
— Honus Wagner
"There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer."
People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters.
— Cy Young
"People come to see you pitch, not to watch you walk batters."
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
"It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square."
I never had a sore arm. I always figured if I kept my arm in shape I could pitch until I was fifty.
"I never had a sore arm. I always figured if I kept my arm in shape I could pitch..."
A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game.
"A pitcher has got to be good and he has got to be lucky to get a no-hit game."
I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars.
"I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars."
All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a kid.
"All us Youngs could throw. I used to kill squirrels with a stone when I was a ki..."
I don't want my picture in cigarettes, but I don't want the company to lose money on my account.
"I don't want my picture in cigarettes, but I don't want the company to lose mone..."
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
— Jackie Robinson
"Above anything else, I hate to lose."
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
— Babe Ruth
"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder ...
— Derek Jeter
"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for an..."
I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human bein...
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respec..."