Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

Baseball is almost the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.

In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.

Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over read more

Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is.

Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, read more

Baseball ought never be hurried. It is the only unhurried institution we have left, which is one reason, I think, we love it.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men read more

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.

The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round.