Joe Garagiola Quotes

I was always taught that a catcher has to be the brains of the team.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.

I don't miss being in the dugout - I'll make that clear.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.

The positions I played in football, being a quarterback and a defensive back, you had to kind of have a little independent thinking.

As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical. Then there's that emotional component too.

In high school, I didn't have to talk. All I had to say is 'left' or 'right' when a screen was coming.

Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.

I learned a lot of things that made me be a better player and have more of a variety on the pitch.

Playing football helped me a lot. Just reading the quarterback's eyes and reading receivers, figuring out what they want to do.

I have a lot of empathy for quarterbacks.

I learnt about being physically fit, captaincy, and the things that really matter when it comes to being a leader and a batsman.

If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

You have to be able to make plays.

Having captained India for long, it is habitual to discuss with my mates and assess the bowling changes, the bowling changes, the field setting that the opposing captain would do.

The biggest thing I've been working on his just finding the open man.

I grew up as a point guard, and as a point guard you learn how to navigate situations.

You can learn being off the pitch. If you are sitting in the stands, you can see how the whole team plays.

I need to keep improving tactically, defensively and offensively for the last pass, the last shot.

Being a point guard in this league, you have to balance out people - the emotions and stuff like that.

As a quarterback, you've got a huge responsibility: You're touching the ball every single play. You have such a big impact on deciding the game, just in your decision-making and how you are with the football and your fundamentals.