“ The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one. Tris Speaker Baseball Player
“ It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting. Tris Speaker Baseball Player
“ If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others. Tris Speaker Baseball Player
“ Cub fans, by consensus, are the best in baseball. Year after year, in good times and (mostly) bad, they turn out in vociferous numbers, sustaining themselves with a heavenly ichor that combines loyalty, criticism, cheerfulness, durability, rage, beer and hope, in exquisite proportions. Roger Angell Essayist
“ I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family. Barry Pepper Actor
“ It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said. Alan Greenspan Economist
“ Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker. Albert Goodwill Spalding Baseball Manager
“ Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. Albert Pujols Baseball Player