Quotes of: Jackie Keyword

The fact is, when I was 15 and a sophomore at high school, I played on the varsity baseball team for the college.

Johnny Mize

But when I stopped facing Sandy, I had to face Don Drysdale. No one on my team wanted to face him.

Juan Marichal

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.'

Jimmy Piersall

I'm the gooney bird that walked to the bank. I'm doing better than most of those guys who said I was crazy.

Jimmy Piersall

There's times when one play makes the whole difference, one calls makes the whole difference. And tonight it was that call.

Johan Santana

I mean, coming into this season I was just hoping to come back, stay healthy and help the team.

Johan Santana

There's an inner feeling you get when you get in a situation to do well in a game. It's hard to explain.

Jim Thome

We all make mistakes and sometimes you say things and you really don't realize what you're saying at that moment.

Jim Thome

After you manage the Yankees for 12 years, it's really tough to envision going somewhere else. But then the Dodgers called.

Joe Torre

At 7-1, your pitching has obviously controlled that other team. At 16-10, I'm not sure when it's safe.

Joe Torre

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

Joe Torre

I won't be managing the Mets. I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else.

Joe Torre

In regards to steroids, I think we're all to blame, all of baseball. I never realized how far-reaching this problem has been.

Joe Torre

As a player, to me the Dodgers were the Yankees of the National League because... you either loved them or you hated them.

Joe Torre

It's my job that if somebody wants to have a discussion about something, I'm certainly sensitive to that, and I'm willing to do it.

Joe Torre

The fact that somebody is reducing your salary is just telling me they're not satisfied with what you're doing.

Joe Torre

When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.

Joe Torre

Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

Jim Valvano

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

Jim Valvano

The public relations warriors fought and lost Monte Carlo's Battle of the Magazine Covers.

John Vinocur

I'm more of a feel pitcher. If something's wrong, I don't watch a video. I go throw in the bull pen until it feels right.

Justin Verlander