"Baseball is similar to an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics."
Anonymous

“The stories that you tell about your past shape your future.” Eric Ransdell (in Fast Company)

“Whether you won or lost the night before, it's a brand new game ... It's my job and my coaches’ job to remind the players that no matter what happened last night, it doesn't mean anything today. This is not like football where you have to wait one week to recover. You just have to get up every day and fight. If you carry it over, you're a loser.” Ozzie Guillon, manager of the 2005 World Champions

“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.” Ken Harrelson, Sports Illustrated, 6 September 1976

“Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” Anonymous

“Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.” Jim Murray

“I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” Rogers Hornsby