“ If you obsess about the next, you will miss what you need in the now and ultimately, sacrifice the next. Ken Coleman
“ Baseball is part of America's plot, part of America's mysterious, underlying design-the plot in which we all conspire and collude, the plot of the story of our national life. Albert Allen Bartlett
“ People ask me if I believe how quickly my career has taken off. I just tell them that Jesus Christ is my strength. God has blessed me and I will continue to do my best for him. That is more important than anything I could ever do in baseball. Albert Pujols Baseball Player
“ One of my fun road trips was [when] a group of guys and I rented a tour bus and we started in Orlando and drove all the way around the country going to baseball games. That was an awesome trip because each night we would go to a new baseball stadium, watch a baseball game, get in the bus, wake up [in] the next city, go to another baseball game. We did this for a little while and it was great. We called that trip the Rats on the Bus and it was a fun trip. Alfonso Ribeiro Actor
“ Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game. Alyssa Milano Actress
“ 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
“ Over time I learned that there are two very different satisfactions that you can have in your life. One is the satisfaction of becoming skilled at something. It almost doesn't matter what the terrain is. There is a deep, soul-feeding resonance in mastery itself, whether in teaching, writing a complicated software program, coaching a baseball team, or marshalling a group of people to start a new business. Atul Gawande Surgeon
“ What I am, what I have, what I am going to leave behind me - all this I owe to the game of baseball. Babe Ruth Baseball Player
“ I feel my time in baseball has come and gone. I feel like I had a great career. I had a lot of fun and have a lot of great memories. At one point in time, I'll be able to tell it all. Right now that's in the past. I see things differently. I more want to help. Barry Bonds Baseball Player