Quotes of: Yogi-berra Keyword

You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.

Rickey Henderson

They try to say this era was a tainted era. But so many great players played in the last 15 to 20 years. This is going to be the best era in the history of the game in my opinion.

Rafael Palmeiro

God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

Tony Gwynn

Pitching is what you have best on the day you work, and if you can't get your fastball over the plate, then maybe you can win with your curve.

Tom Seaver

If I signed it that is the way it really happened. I don't know of any individuals who are saying anything different. I have no idea what is going on with that.

Jose Canseco

I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player.

Nolan Ryan

There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.

Pat Conroy

To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.

Pat Conroy

I still get weepy when I see a father being nice to his child. It so affects me.

Pat Conroy

I'm not the lovable, wonderful, tenderhearted grandfather that you read about in books. I'm grouchy and curmudgeonly, and I have a lot of rules.

Pat Conroy

I had the opportunity to go with some other teams. But I didn't consider those teams to be contenders, and I was right.

Pedro Martinez

My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to another young kid.

Pedro Martinez

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

Pedro Martinez

Don't just expect the scouts to find you. Go to camps, clinics and make sure you are seen.

Paul Quantrill

I would think if someone connected to steroids made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.

Pete Rose

Are you tall? Are you strong? How big are your hands? You must be honest with yourself or you will end up using the wrong bat.

Pete Rose

The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.

Pete Rose

Let the pitcher move first, then, as he draws his arm back, you draw the bat back and you are ready.

Paul Waner

The reality is that my stepfather was like a father to me and watching him die from a sudden heart attack was one of the hardest things I have ever gone through.

Roger Clemens

To me the most important thing was stirring things up and scoring some runs so we could win a ballgame.

Rickey Henderson