“I've played a baseball player a few times, but in my career I've been blessed to have played a wide range of characters.” CharacterCareersPlayerBaseballBlessedWideRangeBaseball Player Author:Daniel Sunjata
“I love what I do. I'm appreciative and I'm still competitive. I still love baseball, but it doesn't consume me. If I can't do it anymore, then I go home and do something else. It's not the end of the world. It's just the end of your career.” IfsWorldStillsI CanEndsHomeCareersBaseballEnd Of The WorldAppreciativeBaseball Love Author:Dontrelle Willis
“I view the major features of my own odyssey as a set of mostly fortunate contingencies. I was not destined by inherited mentality or family tradition to become a paleontologist. I can locate no tradition for scientific or intellectual careers anywhere on either side of my eastern European Jewish background. I view my serious and lifelong commitment to baseball in entirely the same manner: purely as a contingent circumstance of numerous, albeit not entirely capricious, accidents.” I CanSidesMy OwnViewsCareersSeriousCircumstancesMajorsIntellectualCommitmentTraditionBaseballAccidentsBackgroundsFortunateFeaturesMentalityEasternDestinedLifelongCapriciousOdysseyContingencyFamily Tradition Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“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.” PeopleIfsBelieveImportantAsksJesusI BelieveChristCareersTakenJesus ChristBaseballBlessedAsk MeGod Has Blessed Me Author:Albert Pujols
“If I hadn't met those two guys (Billy Martin and Whitey Ford) at the start of my career, I would have lasted another five years.” IfsYearsTwoGuyCareersFiveMetsBaseballFive YearsTwo Guys Author:Mickey Mantle
“If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.” IfsKnowsWantLooksLinesCareersBaseballBottomBottom LineBetter Me Author:Mickey Mantle
“I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob Murphy. As far as careers go, that was the first career that I really thought about. Well, before that, I wanted to be a Mello Yello truck driver.” FirstsWellsWantedNextCareersFansHugeMetsBaseballDriversBobTruckMurphyAnnouncersTruck DriverMets Fans Author:Logan Marshall-Green
“I remember when I got a call and was told I was traded [to the Yankees in 1974], I actually cried because I liked Kansas City. But coming to the Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to me in my baseball career.” RememberCitiesCareersHappenedBaseballBest ThingsCriedRemember WhenYankeesKansasKansas CityBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Lou Piniella
“Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run, milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career.” HomeRunningSuccessWishCareersBrokenBaseballMeant To BeCongratulationsAlexHome RunMilestoneContinued Success Author:Willie Mays
“Last night's homer was Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.” HomeHumorRunningFunnyLastsNightCareersBaseballLeavingShyLast NightHome RunLeaving Him Author:Jerry Coleman
“I enjoy my solo career because I get to play smaller places like clubs and theaters, and the interaction with the audience is much higher quality. It also sounds better than a baseball stadium. Everybody has a good seat, and I don't have to play a specific part like I do in the Eagles.” PlayEnjoySoundQualityCareersAudienceHigherBaseballTheaterClubsSeatsInteractionSoloEaglesStadiums Author:Joe Walsh