I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity. George Brett
I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way. Joe DiMaggio
A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater. Christy Mathewson
Any ballplayer that don't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American. He's a communist. Rogers Hornsby
Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that. Nomar Garciaparra
But I want you to know that what I'm doing here I'm doing as a ballplayer, a major league ballplayer. Curt Flood
I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out. Frank Robinson
I refuse to be molded into some stereotypical ballplayer that has no interests, really, no life, no depth, no intelligence. Barry Zito
If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer. Willie Mays
Reading isn't good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn't hit home runs. So I gave up reading. Babe Ruth
The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy. Tris Speaker
The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all. Lou Gehrig
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. Bob Uecker
The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back. Steve Garvey