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Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over read more
Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the read more
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.
In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, read more
Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the read more
Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.
Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.
Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules read more
Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, read more
Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.