Quotes of: Professional-baseball-player Keyword

Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it's called the free market. That's how most people's salaries are set, after all, including those of major-league baseball players and European socce...

James Surowiecki

It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids.

Ken Caminiti

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

Martina Hingis

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

Sparky Anderson

You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story because he was this kid who grew up essentially as an orphan, you know, had a tough life, and then he becam...

Bill Bryson

A professional player is smarter than a college man. He uses his noodle. He knows what to do and when to do it. He rarely goes up in the air as is the case with most of our college players when they get in a tight place.

Red Grange

I've always wanted to be the best in the world as a baseball player, so when I started to think about opening a business, it was with that mindset.

Curt Schilling

No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more, or did it better than Andre Dawson. He's the best I've ever seen.

Ryne Sandberg

When I was in baseball and you went into the clubhouse, you didn't see ball players with curling irons.

Red Barber

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

Barry Bonds

When I think about athletes, probably my favorite guest of all time among baseball players was Ted Williams.

Charlie Rose

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.

Jack Nicklaus

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

Sean Durkin

In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.

Georgie Fame

Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.

Teddy Wilson

I was showing early symptoms of becoming a professional baseball man. I was lying to the press.

Good Enough to Dream

Anyone interested in becoming a professional umpire and becoming eligible to work in the minor leagues must attend one of the two umpire schools sanctioned by Major League Baseball.

Jim Evans

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.

James Caan

I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer. Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player. Pop Fisher: Well you're better than any player I ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter I ever saw. Suit up.

The Natural

I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well.

Eric Davis