“Career highlights? I had two. I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax, and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.”— Bob Uecker, washingtonpost.com
“I remember I’m batting against the Dodgers in Milwaukee. They led, 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out, and the pitcher has a full count on me. I look over at the Dodgers dugout and they’re all in street clothes.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship—and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.”— Bob Uecker, sports.yahoo.com
“Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“Gaylord Perry says that the day I hit a home run against him was the worst day of his whole life.”— Bob Uecker, washingtonexaminer.com
“Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.”— Bob Uecker, washingtonexaminer.com
“I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.”— Bob Eucker, washingtonexaminer.com
“In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the Bigs.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.”— Bob Uecker, books.google.com
“Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.”— Bob Uecker, sports.yahoo.com
“I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.”— Bob Eucker, books.google.com
“I talk English so much now with teammates and teammates are good to me. Everything’s going great. Learning English is hard but if I can speak it’s easier to communicate. In Japan a lot of people come to Japan and never speak Japanese. We feel bad but if they speak Japanese we feel good so I have to…”— Yu Darvish, foxsports.com
“I always bring my baseball glove to the ballpark, just in case a falcon wants to land on my hand.”— Conan O'Brien, twitter.com
“The pleasure of rooting for Goliath is that you can expect to win. The pleasure of rooting for David is that, while you don’t know what to expect, you stand at least a chance of being inspired.”— Michael Lewis, amazon.com
“Just an FYI: It takes twice as much energy to throw a baseball 100mph than it does to throw one at 70mph. Do The Physics.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com