“But Little League can be a great experience for kids, as long as they want to play—and don't play to bring their parents glory.”— Yogi Berra, amazon.com
“If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father and older brother had. Both died of injuries from street fights in Baltimore, fights begun by flare-ups of their tempers.”— Baseball, en.wikiquote.org
“I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big and when I miss I know it long before the umpire calls a strike on me, for every muscle in my back, shoulders and arms is groaning, 'You missed it.' And believe me, it is no fun to miss a ball that hard.”— Babe Ruth, en.wikiquote.org
“I'm afraid that someday I'll kill some pitcher. It is one thing I've always dreaded. My heart stood still in that game in Detroit when I almost got Ehmke with that drive through the box. I thought for a certainty that the ball would hit him before he got his hands up to protect himself. A couple of…”— Babe Ruth, en.wikiquote.org
“Baseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team play. You can have the nine greatest individual ball players in the world, but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.”— Babe Ruth, en.wikiquote.org
“Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.”— Jackie Robinson, jackierobinson.com
“The worst thing you could do back then was pitch the second game of a doubleheader in July and give the fans a chance to drink that beer and you’re not doing very well….That’s when you could really hear ‘em.”— Earl Wilson, detroitathletic.com
“Jeff Atkins: You've got a fat slider in your sweet spot. You've got to swing the bat through the strike zone and knock it out. See, I'm aware those are baseball terms. Clay Jensen: If I'm interpreting correctly, given my batting average, I would wind up with a strikeout and not a home run. Very good…”— Diana Son, Clay Jensen, Dylan Minnette, imdb.com
“Sometimes I think back on the bad relationship I had with my dad as a kid and think, 'He could've done so much better.' Then I also remember the number of times I pointed at baseball players and shittily asked, 'SO WHO ARE THE GOOD GUYS?'”— Mike Drucker, twitter.com
“Dean: I said I wish I had a baseball. You know, like Steve McQueen. Lucas: Yeah? Well, I wish I had a bat. So I bash your freaking head in. Dean: Okay. So much for the bonding in solitary moment.”— John Shiban, Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles, imdb.com
“I'm a very lucky guy. I had so many people help me over the years that I never had many problems. If I had a problem, I could sit down with someone and they would explain the problem to me, and the problem become like a baseball game."”— Willie Mays, successories.com
“That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.”— Willie Mays, successories.com
“I remember that last season I played. I went home after a ballgame one day, lay down on my bed, and tears came to my eyes. How can you explain that? You cry because you love her. I cried, I guess, because I loved baseball and I knew I had to leave it.”— Willie Mays, successories.com
“Youngsters of Little League can survive under-coaching a lot better than over-coaching.”— Willie Mays, baseball-almanac.com