"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." Jacques Barzun

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing, nobody wants to quit while he's ahead." Jackie Robinson

"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out." George Brett

"The guy with the biggest stomach will be the first to take off his shirt at a baseball game." Glenn Dickey

"Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved." Red Smith

"No one has ever drowned in sweat." Clete Boyer

"A man once told me to walk with the Lord. I'd rather walk with the bases loaded." Ken Singleton

"Ballplayers who are first to the dining room are usually last in batting averages." Jimmy Cannon

"I'm glad I don't play anymore. I could never learn all those handshakes." Phil Rizzuto

"Nobody ever goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Yogi Berra

"Every season has its peaks and valleys. What you have to try to do is eliminate the Grand Canyon." Andy Van Slyke

"There are only two places in this league. First place and no place." Tom Seaver

"I played my best everyday. You never know when someone may be seeing you play for the first time." Joe DiMaggio

When asked why he got married in a ballpark: "My wife said she wanted a big diamond." Mookie Wilson

"Baseball is a game of inches." Branch Rickey

"When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch." Ty Cobb

"There'll be two buses leaving the hotel for the park tomorrow. The 2:00 bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave at 5:00." Dave Bristol

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." Vernon Law

"The space between the white lines-that's my office. That's where I conduct my business." Early Wynn

"What a great day for baseball, let's play two." Ernie Banks

"It takes pitching, hitting and defense. Any two can win, all three make you unbeatable." Joe Garagiola

"I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." Rogers Hornsby

"Fans don't boo nobodies." Reggie Jackson

"Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers." Dan Quisenberry

"Losing streaks are funny. If you lose at the beginning, you got off to a bad start. If you lose in the middle of the season, you are in a slump. If you lose at the end, you're choking." Gene Mauch

"The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up" Bob Uecker

"I don't want to get to know the other guys too well. I might like them, and then I might not want to throw at them." Sal Maglie

"I would be lost without baseball. I don't think I could stand being away from it as long as I was alive." Roberto Clemente

"An umpire's heaven is a place where he works third base every game. Home is where the heartache is."  Ron Luciano

"I roomed with Babe Ruth's suitcase!"  Tony Lazzeri

"I'd run through hell in a gasoline suit to play this game."  Pete Rose

"A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz."  Humphrey Bogart

"You can't do anything about yesterday tomorrow"  Manny Trillo

"The secret to managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided"  Casey Stengel