Quotes by Jim Bouton

About Jim Bouton:

James Alan "Jim" Bouton is an American retired professional baseball player. Bouton played in Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves between 1962 and 1978. He has also been a best-selling author, actor, activist, sportscaster and one of the creators of Big League Chew.
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You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bouton

Forget goals. Value the process.

Jim Bouton

A ballplayer spends a good piece of his life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bouton

You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

Jim Bouton

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Jim Bouton

Author Bio

  • NameJim Bouton
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player, writer
  • BornMarch 8, 1939
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player