37 Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.

Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.