“ I mean, people think I'm too intense for baseball. I've always excelled to be the best, no matter what, but it's like people think something is wrong with that. Albert Belle Baseball Player
“ People tend to take sides in these discussions. They feel obligated to say baseball is in catastrophic circumstance or no problem at all. I think extremes are misleading. I think there's a problem and it's of modest dimensions. Andrew Zimbalist Economist
“ A-Rod wants to be like Babe Ruth. And people don't realize this, he's a lot like Babe Ruth. Before the playoffs a couple of years ago, A-Rod went to the hospital and promised a dying kid he'd ground out to second for him. Artie Lange Actor
“ Coaches and headmasters praise sport as a preparation for the great game of life, but this is absurd. Nothing could be more different from life. For one thing sports, unlike life, are played according to rules. Indeed, the rules are the sport: life may behave bizarrely and still be life, but if the runner circles the bases clockwise it's no longer baseball. Barbara Holland Author
“ It's a relief now to be able to stand next to my godfather and finally feel like I've accomplished something in the game of baseball. Barry Bonds Baseball Player
“ I was planning to be a baseball player until I ran into something called a curveball. And that set me back. Ben Chandler Former United States Representative
“ We're baseball players. We don't need guys telling us, 'Hey, you need to hurry. Hey, you need to do this. Hey, you need to step up.' We are professionals, we can do that without anybody telling us. I'm OK with it, but we need to do it on our own. Bengie Molina Baseball Player