Carlos Ruiz Quotes

Baseball's what I do.

All my life, I've been obsessed with baseball.

I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.

Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

Baseball just a came as simple as a ball and bat. Yet, as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

Baseball is a team game.

Baseball can be slow in many ways. The action starts with when the pitcher delivers the ball. But the action really starts when the crack of the bat happens.

The thing I like about baseball is that it's one-on-one. You stand up there alone, and if you make a mistake, it's your mistake. If you hit a home run, it's your home run.

Baseball is drama with an endless run and an ever-changing cast.

I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.

I wanted to play baseball!

I wanted to play baseball ever since I was 5 years old.

Baseball began early for me. When I was 5, my father took two Little League bats and put them on a lathe. He whittled them down and sanded the bats so they were the proper size for my brother and me. He began by throwing tennis balls to us. Eventually, we practiced hitting and fielding at a field near our house.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.

Baseball is the greatest thing in the world.

Sparky Lyle threw me a slider, and it wound up in the seats. We won, and it was a memorable moment.

Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.

Baseball has been my favorite sport all my life.

When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world.

Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too.

You've got a little round ball and a little round bat and anything can happen.

Baseball needs more superstars.

Baseball is the life.

I'm not a headline guy. I know that as long as I was following Ruth to the plate I could have stood on my head and no one would have known the difference.