Roger Maris was as good a man and as good a ballplayer as there ever was.
A ballplayer doesn't make excuses.
My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.
In that case Mr. Barrow, Mr. Gehrig is a very underpaid ballplayer.
(Bill) Terry, you can ask for more money in the winter and do less in the summer than any ballplayer I know.
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
If I would be happy, I would be a bad ballplayer. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.
There ain't much to being a ballplayer, if you're a ballplayer.
You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer.
I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.
If a ballplayer is satisfied, he's going to slip. You have to keep fighting to improve.
I'm a ballplayer, not an actor.
During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
As a ballplayer, you just want to feel respected. I like the way Washington presented the team to me and I feel good about what was being said.
I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.
Man, I've got a Rolls-Royce. Big house. Limo. All those things. This is why every kid's dream is to be a major-league ballplayer.
Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer
A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
A ballplayer has two reputations, one with the other players and one with the fans. The first is based on ability. The second the newspapers give him.
The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.
