Quotes of: Jackie-robinson Keyword

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

Oscar Robertson

This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.

Patrick Ewing

I'm just like everybody else. I have two arms, two legs and four-thousand hits.

Pete Rose

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

Pete Rose

A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball.

Pete Rose

I never picked up my phone and called a bookmaker and bet on a baseball game from the clubhouse. Never.

Pete Rose

We were so poor when I was a kid that I had a sister who was stamped, 'Made In Japan.'

Pete Rose

I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

Pete Rose

To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.

Richie Ashburn

My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.

Roberto Alomar

But some people act like they think I live in the jungle someplace.

Roberto Clemente

I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.

Roger Clemens

You have to have a lot of little boy in you to play baseball for a living.

Roy Campanella

If my uniform doesn't get dirty, I haven't done anything in the baseball game.

Rickey Henderson

When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.

Randy Johnson

The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.

Reggie Jackson

The message here is you cannot, under any circumstances, throw an object at an official. You just cannot do it.

Stu Jackson

People who write about spring training not being necessary have never tried to throw a baseball.

Sandy Koufax

What I try to do is never to hurt anybody else and figure if I don't, then I'm not likely to get hurt myself.

Stan Musial

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.

Stan Musial

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.

Satchel Paige