“He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.”

“I don’t get upset over things I can’t control, because if I can’t control them there’s no use in getting upset. And I don’t get upset over the things I can control because if I can control them there’s no use in getting upset.”

“I’m never satisfied. I can’t stand satisfaction. To me greatness comes from that quest for perfection.”

“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.”

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.”

“Why does everyone stand up and sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ when they’re already there?”

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”

“The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up.”

“You don’t save pitchers for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.”

“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.”

“Winners make goals, losers make excuses.”

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.”

“When you play this game 20 years, go to bat 10,000 times, and get 3,000 hits, you know what that means? You’ve gone 0 for 7,000.”

“Well, boys, it’s a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.”

“To a pitcher, a base hit is the perfect example of negative feedback.”

“Hated to bat against Don Drysdale. After he hit you he’d come around, look at the bruise on your arm and say, ‘Do you want me to sign it?’”

“They should move first base back one step to eliminate all those close plays.”

“All good balls to hit are strikes, though not all strikes are good balls to hit.”

“Sandy’s fastball was so fast, some batters would start to swing as he was on his way to the mound.”

“Any time you think you have the game conquered the game will turn around and punch you right in the nose.”

“Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curveball straightened out.”

“Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.”

“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”

“Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off… The right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases.”

“The only way to prove you’re a good sport is to lose.”

“You observe a lot by watching.”

“You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them.”

“Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.”

“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you’re on offense, the other team controls the ball.”

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

“Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything.”

“Don’t forget to swing hard in case you hit the ball.”

“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit.”

“It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball’s wounds are self-inflicted.”

“A baseball park is the only place where a man’s wife doesn’t mind his getting excited over somebody else’s curves.”

“How can you think and hit at the same time?”