Top 50 Play Baseball Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Play Baseball Quotes from famous people such as Jason Aldean, Mike Krzyzewski, Pete Rose, David Ortiz, Bill James, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn’t want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!
Jason Aldean
When I was growing up, there weren’t any Little Leagues in the city. Parents worked all the time. They didn’t have time to take their kids out to play baseball and football.
Mike Krzyzewski
I’d walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.
Pete Rose
I just want to play baseball.
David Ortiz
Baseball does become slow sometimes. It’s totally unnecessary. The – you can play baseball fast. You can play it slow, and for some reason, we have chosen to play it slow, you know, which is unfortunate, but nothing you can do about.
Bill James
I never want to sit out. I want to play baseball games.
Matt Kemp
I want to be a good actress, I want to be a good person, and I want to play baseball.
Kylie Bunbury
I go from my room to the ballpark and play baseball. I try to keep it simple.
Manny Machado
I was texting with someone the other day and they asked me a question, ‘What would do you if you didn’t play basketball, or if you didn’t play baseball? What would you want to do as a job?’ My answer was, ‘I’ve never even thought about it.’
Pat Connaughton
Playing football, I’m getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That’s how I play baseball. I want to hit you.
Bryce Harper
For me, I take a lot of pride in that, and we take a lot of pride in that, being able to play baseball.
Trea Turner
The only thing I can do is play baseball. I have to play ball. It’s the only thing I know.
Mickey Mantle
I was the first person in my family to play baseball.
Christian Yelich
In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.
Aaron Judge
Obviously, we need to stand in front of a camera and answer questions, but ultimately, I just play baseball. That’s what I’m good at; that’s what I know.
Manny Machado
I was a hyper kid, so I didn’t want to play baseball and wait for the ball to come to me. I wanted to play a sport where I could go get the ball.
Shane Larkin
Baseball has been something that’s always been in my blood. It was just something I was bound to do no matter what. I was going to play baseball.
Eddy Alvarez
Our idea of fun wasn’t going to Disney World. It was, you want to play basketball, go outside, and make a goal. You want to play baseball? Take the old broom, take the handle off, take a tennis ball that we found somewhere, and go play baseball. We were forced to create things.
Booger McFarland
My mom wanted me to play baseball. She didn’t want me to play basketball.
Al Horford
Just flush it if something bad happens. That’s the way I was raised to play baseball.
Drew Pomeranz
My mother taught us to play baseball, to bake a cake, to play fair – she beat the living daylights out of us sometimes, and she loved us with all her heart; she taught her favorite poets, and there is no child care in the world that will ever be a substitute for what that lady was in our life.
Janet Reno
I just wanted to play baseball because I liked baseball. I never was giving up on football.
Joe Flacco
At the end of the day, I play baseball, and I don’t let anything else get in my head.
Manny Machado
Everyone thinks I’m this jock of a woman, but I didn’t play any sports. I didn’t even let my kids play baseball because I was afraid they were going to get hit by balls.
Patti Hansen
It was all I lived for, to play baseball.
Mickey Mantle
I didn’t play baseball my entire life, so I do bring something a little more unique to the telecast and I get really excited about stuff that, maybe if I had been around baseball my whole life, I would just say, ‘Come on. Everybody knows that. Its not a big deal.’
Jessica Mendoza
I have to play baseball to make me happy. I have to be an athlete. But when it’s all said and done, I’ll be a normal father. A normal-type house man.
Rickey Henderson
The Red Sox are the local scapegoats. It’s hard enough to play baseball without being the local scapegoat too.
Michael Lewis
I just want to play baseball.
Ken Griffey Jr.
I wanted to play baseball!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I’m a terrible singer. I feel lucky to play baseball. You can’t be gifted in everything.
Alex Rodriguez
Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I

Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you’ve got both, you can play baseball.
Pete Rose
I’ve got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you’re watching them. But I’ve learned to keep it to myself. I’ve blurted out some things and embarrassed myself.
John Madden
I went to a Christian all-boys’ college one time to pick up my buddies so we could go play baseball, and I just remember walking through the halls, and there’s all these crucified Jesuses. It’s scary.
Evan Goldberg
It’s just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It’s a great time in my life. I’m never going to forget it, and it’s very humbling.
Freddie Freeman
You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.
Reggie Jackson
Just having the opportunity to play baseball and football at a major D-I level is a great opportunity.
Kyler Murray
I just try to do what I have to do and let the people out there do what they have to do, which is have fun, scream, yell and jump around. I try to do what I have to do, which is play baseball, and I can only play in that piece of area there, so that’s what I try to do.
Pedro Martinez
I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.
Jake Arrieta
I know that one day I won’t be good enough to play baseball anymore. But as long as I have an opportunity to, I want to keep fighting.
Joey Votto
You sign a contract, and you abide by the contract. And sometimes my turn would come around on Sunday. Even though I didn’t like to play baseball on Sunday, it was my job.
Vernon Law
I had an addiction to play baseball.
Pete Rose
Five days after the Tsarnaev brothers blew up Boston’s most sacred event, and just 24 hours after one brother was killed and the other was caught, everyone decided that it was OK to play baseball at Fenway again. The game happened on a Saturday afternoon, preceded by an emotional ceremony and many prayers.
Bill Simmons
A lot of people tell me now I’m their inspiration. They say, ‘I don’t play baseball,’ and then they mention whatever – engineer, doctor, college student, high school student – but they’re hurt because, for some reason, people feel shame about themselves or embarrassed because they are short or skinny or fat or whatever.
Jose Altuve
My dad, since I was growing up, has always taught me that I need to keep my mouth shut and just play baseball.
Alex Bregman
I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.
Sargent Shriver
When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.
Bruce Sutter
To me, I just play baseball, whether I have the contract or not.
J. D. Martinez
All it takes to play baseball is a strong arm, good speed, and the coordination to hit the ball. That’s it.
Ryne Sandberg
He would watch every single Reds game. He was the first one to teach me how to play baseball. I played catch with him on a daily basis when I was really young. He was a big fan. He was just in love with what I did and me. He was a great father to me.
Joey Votto