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I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as (Willie) Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.

I can't recall a day this year or last when I did not hear the name of Babe Ruth.

I can't stand any music that requires its singers to be so dumb they wear their baseball caps backwards.

I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most English people look wrong in a baseball cap.

I challenge anyone, even with a radar machine, to hit that slider.

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

I consider myself as a character actor. I like the sports analogy, which I do all the time; I'm an avid sports guy. I'm a golfer, but I grew up as sort of an avid fan and participant in baseball, and I'm like a relief pitcher. My job is to come in and throw strikes.

I could always throw the ball pretty well and I worked pretty hard at learning how to play the game. But I didn't consider it work as a kid, since I just loved playing baseball.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I was a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I'd be willing to bet you, if I were a betting man, that I have never bet on baseball.

I dedicate all my time to baseball, because when you come from where I come from, you don't want to risk anything.

I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.

I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people. I mean it’s just like you put all the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.

I'd find the fellow who lost it [million dollars], and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park.

I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.

I did not vote Labour because they've heard of Oasis and nobody is going to vote Tory because William Hague has got a baseball cap.

I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.

I didn't feel good today- little things here and there- but that's the nature of this game. You just keep pushing, being mentally and physically ready. Some days are better than others, but even if you don't feel so good, you get yourself going.

I didn't go to school three years for nothing. It was something that was understood. Even though I went to play baseball, one day I would come back and get my degree.

I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.

I didn't run from the situation. I didn't hide the ordeal from the reporters like the sissy baseball players. I fought it head-on... We dealt with it. It's over. And now we're moving on.

I didnt really grow up a comic book fanatic. I was a big baseball player, and my passion in life, in third grade, was collecting baseball cards. That was my childhood thing.

I didn't really say everything I said.

I didn't teach you that. Catch the ball with your glove.

I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.

I'd just like to see - in writing about baseball - more energy and better craft, minus statistical bludgeoning and invective.

I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!

I dismiss posts where one or other of the couple was wearing anything named by brand, or you know, baseball caps, or sweat pants, because I don't like drawing them, and I don't have to please anyone but myself.

I do have a family, and obviously I spend as much time as I can with them. Though even when I'm with my family, my mind tends to drift toward baseball.

I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'

I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.

I don't care what you do - baseball or politics - George W. Bush is always going to be compared to his father. I just want it to be an easy answer in 50 years - Who was the better player, me, or my kids? I want it to be my kids.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

I don't care how long you've been around, you'll never see it all.

I don't care who you are, you hear those boos.

I don't compare 'em, I just catch 'em.

I don't care where you are, but the fans only remember your last time at bat.

I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.

I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

I don't go to bed every night worried about getting back into baseball.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

I don't know about Willie Davis. He's not as young as he used to be.

I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning.

I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In hockey, it's important that they look out for each other.

I don't know if it's good for baseball, but it sure beats the hell out of rooming with Phil Rizzuto!

I don't know if steroids are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe steroids can help eye-hand coordination and technically hit a baseball.

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.