Baseball Success Quotes

The Oakland A's, I loved all my teammates there. I loved all the coaches. They gave me the opportunity to play in the big leagues. And for that, I thank them. I mean it was a dream come true for me.

I think everyone deserves more than one World Series every 108 years so.

Your first hit in the majors - that's tops. It means you're on your way. When you get the first hit, then you can get the rest.

I think the changeup has become more popular recently by pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the success he had with it.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

My dream was to win the World Series, and I know the fans' dream was to win the World Series as well. So we are on the same page, and I really enjoy my time in Houston.

I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.

The Cubs, we built one of best farm systems - I think for a while there, it was the best farm system in baseball. And that was great. It got a lot of attention. But we didn't want the credit for the farm system. What we wanted was to see if we could do the tricky part, which was turn a lauded farm system into a World Series champion.

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

The secret of success in pitching lies in getting a job with the Yankees.

This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.

Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

I really want to have a possibility of going into the Hall of Fame one day. I think that's huge with a lot of baseball writers and old school guys. Of course, that's not the main goal - the main goal is winning a World Series. Hall of Fame is so far away. It's just something I've always thought about doing. I want to be as clean as I can.

You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.

Baseball is a simple game. If you have good players and if you keep them in the right frame of mind then the manager is a success.

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

I know about winning batting titles.

I think people want the Cubs to succeed, and by extension, they want people associated with the Cubs to succeed.

We need just two players to be a contender. Just Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.

The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.

Baseball has been very good to me.

I wanted to be part of the Houston Astros when they become a good team. That was my motivation... I never had in my mind the idea of playing with any other teams.

That's the beautiful thing about baseball. You can be any size and be successful.

Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.