Quotes of: Jackie-robinson Keyword

My approach to every game was to try to erase the games that were before and try to focus on the game at hand.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

Cal Ripken, Jr.

When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with.

Curt Schilling

On a two week road trip I know I can get by better with no underwear than no laptop.

Curt Schilling

Having Willie Stargell on your ball club is like having a diamond ring on your finger.

Chuck Tanner

If you don't like the way the Atlanta Braves are playing then you don't like baseball.

Chuck Tanner

Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.

Hal Newhouser

I think what hurt me all along was the label of 'war-time pitcher.' I've always resented that.

Hal Newhouser

In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.

Hack Wilson

I've made far too many mistakes. That's the way I feel.

Ichiro Suzuki

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

James A. Baldwin

My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.

Johnny Bench

I never thought that buying supplements and vitamins, it was going to hurt anybody's feelings.

David Ortiz

Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.

Dan Quisenberry

It's gonna be a lot of zeroes in that contract. You gonna think it's alphabet soup or something, all those zeroes in there.

Deion Sanders

If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you’re going to have problems. You’ll be dead a lot.

Dean Smith

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me.

David Wells

The game has changed. What's going on now is nonsense. You have guys complaining about not being paid.

David Wells

I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.

Ernie Banks

I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.

Earle Combs

It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.

Eddie Mathews