“I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.” WayGivingKidsGamesSocialChanceIssuesInfluenceBaseballGive MeImpactSocial IssuesGive Me A ChanceBaseball Love Author:Cal Ripken, Jr.
“Shooting gives me a good feeling. It is faster than baseball and you are out on one strike.” GivingFeelingsBaseballGive MeStrikesFasterShootingGood Feeling Author:Ernest Hemingway
“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.” WantGivingBaseballRemembered Author:Roberto Clemente
“I like to see Quentin (Roosevelt) practicing baseball. It gives me hope that one of my boys will not take after his father in this respect, and will prove able to play the national game.” GivingPlayAbleFatherGamesBoysProveBaseballGive MeMy BoysQuentin Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“What I got out of baseball is what I have today, and I've got to look at that. I still see some of my friends that never made it past Triple-A. I made that last big step. I was lucky. I'm in love with my land. I got it all from playing ball. It gives me prestige. Someone says, 'What you got?' I say, 'One hundred and twenty-one acres of nice land.'” GivingLooksMadeStillsBigsTodayLastsPastStepsNiceLandLuckyHundredMy FriendsBaseballBallsGive MeTwentiesMade ItTwenty OnePrestigeAcres Author:Mark Fidrych