Mickey meant an awful lot to me. He was a tremendous athlete. People didn't understand him the way they should have. He played 10 years on one leg. But more than that, he was a tremendous person. (Quote by - Hank Aaron)

I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself? (Quote by - Yogi Berra)

Tha s baseball, and i s my game. know, you take your worries to the game, and you leave em there. You yell like crazy for your guys. I s good for your lungs, gives you a lift, and nobody calls the cops. Pretty girls, lots of em. (Quote by - Humphrey Bogart)

It never ceases to amaze me how many of basebal s wounds are self-inflicted. (Quote by - Bill Veeck)

When yo re in a slump, i s almost as if you look out at the field and i s one big glove. (Quote by - Vance Law)

He seemed to have an obligation to hit. (Quote by - Lou Brock)

The pitcher has got only a ball. I've got a bat. So the percentage of weapons is in my favor and I let the fellow with the ball do the fretting. (Quote by - Hank Aaron)

I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery. (Quote by - Ty Cobb)

People like us are afraid to leave ball. What else is there to do? When baseball has been your whole life, you ca t think about a future without it, so you hang on as long as you can. (Quote by - Willie Stargell)

In high school I took a little English, some science, some hubcaps and some wheel covers. (Quote by - William James Gates Brown)

I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. (Quote by - Ron Shelton)

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. (Quote by - George F. Will)

The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. (Quote by - Bryant Gumbel)

Baseball is a lot like the Army, there are t many individuals. (Quote by - Bill Lee)

It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. (Quote by - Hank Aaron)

Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the house in blackjack. (Quote by - Adam Morrow)

It was as though I had my own tool bench out there with me. (Quote by - Whitey Ford)

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many opportunities to reflect at leisure upon the situation on the field: This is what a fan loves most about the game. (Quote by - Edward Abbey)

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball (Quote by - Sandy Koufax)

Progress always involves risks. You ca t steal second base and keep your foot on first. (Quote by - Frederick B. Wilcox)

I s a pretty sure thing that the playe s bat is what speaks loudest when i s contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word. (Quote by - Brooks Robinson)

I threw about 90% fastballs and sliders, 50% fastballs and 50 % sliders...I'm starting to sound like Mickey Rivers. (Quote by - John Butcher)

You teach me baseball and ll teach you relativity. No, we must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn baseball. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)