“My biggest regret was letting my lifetime average drop below .300. I always felt I was a .300 hitter, and if I could change one thing that would be it.” IfsWould BeFeltOne ThingRegretBaseballLifetimeAverageIf I Could Author:Mickey Mantle
“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.” IfsMayStillsDifferentGamesSportsOne ThingBaseballBasesPraiseCoachesCirclesAbsurdPreparationBehaveRunnersHeadmasters Author:Barbara Holland
“The one thing I always said to myself was that when baseball started to feel more like a job, it would be time to move forward.” FeelsSaidWould BeJobsMovingWorkOne ThingBaseballSocial MediaMoving Forward Book:Jeter Unfiltered Source: Jeter Unfiltered
“Today's baseball players are walking conglomerates. They have fantastic salaries, multiple investments, but we had one thing they don't have today, the train ride. We didn't always like it, but those rides kept us close as a team and as friends. Something you can't get on a two hour plane ride that used to take you fifteen hours on a train.” TwoTodayUsedHoursPlayerOne ThingTeamWalkingBaseballTrainInvestmentFantasticPlanesMultipleFifteenSalaryBaseball PlayerPlane Rides Author:Duke Snider
“The one thing about the music business is that there is no rulebook. It's not like the NFL or something where there's four downs to get ten yards or baseball where it's three strikes and you're out.” ThreeFourOne ThingTenBaseballStrikesNflYardsMusic BusinessThree Strikes Author:Zakk Wylde