Quotes by Mickey Rivers

About Mickey Rivers:

John Milton "Mickey" Rivers is an American former baseball player who played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1984 for the California Angels, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. He was generally known as a speedy leadoff hitter who made contact and was an excellent center fielder, with a below-average throwing arm.
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I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.

Mickey Rivers

Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.

Mickey Rivers

We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.

Mickey Rivers

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

Mickey Rivers

My goals are to hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone.

Mickey Rivers

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

Mickey Rivers

He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.

Mickey Rivers

He's so ugly he should have to wear an oxygen mask.

Mickey Rivers

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.

Mickey Rivers

He was lost out there. He was the lost Mohegan.

Mickey Rivers

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels.

Mickey Rivers

What was the name of that dog on 'Rin Tin Tin'?

Mickey Rivers

Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no se...

Mickey Rivers

It was so cold today that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and the dog was walking.

Mickey Rivers

Author Bio

  • NameMickey Rivers
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player
  • BornOctober 31, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player