John Kruk Quotes

I'm very thankful to the Yankees and to Major League Baseball for allowing me to play this game.

I don't know if I could have made it as an NBA player. But I knew I could make it as a coach.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

I love the game of baseball. Like I love playing, I'm just not good at - I don't enjoy the media part of it. I don't enjoy all the different aspects that come with it, like the business side of it.

You never had the opportunity to play with some of the great ballplayers, but being that close around them, and being in the same category, was a great feeling, to feel that vibe of all the best players who played the game.

Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a professional football player.

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues.

For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time. The work has been hard, but what of it? It's been risky. I've broken both my legs. I've sprained everything I've got between my ankles and my disposition. I've dislocated my joints and fractured my pride.

I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

Volleyball was a lot of fun, but I knew it wasn't my sport.

I get paid to play football and show everything I've got.

Having played in the league during the '80s, '90s, and the new millennium (old, I know), I had the chance to see firsthand how the best point guards of our time played the game.

I became a professional footballer because I love football.

I need to show what a good player I can be.

I have always been inclined towards sports.

I don't mind walking guys as long as I don't give up runs.

If I'd had my way, I would still have been playing NRL.

For a while, I loved everything about it, every single aspect of what was supposed to be a job. The training - I loved to train. I loved the traveling. I dug being in the locker room. I didn't mind icing and heat. I dug it. It was like, 'Cool. I'd rather do this than anything.'

I was a wicket-keeper who opened the batting. Could I have made it? Hard to say. I probably wouldn't quite have been good enough. I might get back into it once I've finished with the football.

I played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing.