Baseball Catcher Quotes

Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You need to have goals, create milestones and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success.

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

Keep trying. Stay humble, Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

You can't win all the time. There are guys out there who are better than you.

You can't make anybody do anything, if they don't want to.

I wish everybody had the drive he (Joe DiMaggio) had. He never did anything wrong on the field. I'd never seen him dive for a ball, everything was a chest-high catch, and he never walked off the field.

Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

I hate to see it go, I'll tell you that. I played here all my life. Eighteen years I played here and I'm sorry to see it go.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

50% of all married people are women

I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.

A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road.

If the fans don’t wanna come out to the ballpark, no one can stop ‘em.

I'd find the fellow who lost it [million dollars], and, if he was poor, I'd return it.

Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future.

Every entrepreneur deals with fears of failure. However, the truly successful know how to face these fears and keep on working.

Somethings don't always work out the way you plan. The main thing is to keep trying, do better next time, and deal with disappointment if it comes.

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

Yeah? For what paper?

I've been with the Yankees 17 years, watching games and learning. You can see a lot by observing.

The game is supposed to be fun. If you had a bad day, don't worry. You can't expect to get a hit every game.

Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked.

Little things are big.

I take a two hour nap between 1PM and 3PM.

Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.

I'm a lucky guy and I'm happy to be with the Yankees. And I want to thank everyone for making this night necessary.

I don't know (if they were men or women running naked across the field). They had bags over their heads.

Half the game is 90% mental.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

Texas has a lot of electrical votes. [During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election]

Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.

The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.

Ninety percent of all mental errors are in your head.

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early.

You stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.

On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."

If my father was alive to hear that, he'd turn over in his grave.

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five.

Man was not made to travel faster than a baseball

How can a you hit and think at the same time?

I really didn't say everything I said.

You can't think and hit the ball at the same time.

I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!

If I didn't wake up I'd still be sleeping

I don't blame the players today for the money. I blame the owners. They started it. They wanna give it to 'em? More power to 'em.

If I didn't make it in baseball, I won't have made it workin'. I didn't like to work.

Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.

I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.

Never answer an anonymous letter.

What difference does the uniform make? You don't hit with it.

Third ain't so bad if nothin' is hit to you.

I don't know. How hot is it supposed to be?

Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life.

We're lost, but we're making good time.

Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

In theory, practice should work like theory. In practice, it doesn't.

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff [another Yogiism] just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said.

We were over-whelming underdogs.