5,260 Quotes About Sports

A ball player has to be kept hungry to become a big leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family has ever made the big leagues.

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.

If anyone wants to know why three kids in one family made it to the big leagues they just had to know how we helped each other and how much we practiced back then. We did it every minute we could.

I always thought there was at least one person in the stands who had never seen me play, and I didn't want to let him down.

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

If I lose at play, I blaspheme; if my fellow loses, he blasphemes. So, God is always the loser.

A lot of players go into a restaurant and ask for a special table. I go and stand in line with the working people. It's very easy to get spoiled playing professional sports.

I hope others take as much pride in the sport as I do.