James J. Kilpatrick Quotes

This is a game to be savored, not gulped. There's time to discuss everything between pitches or between innings.

What more can you ask for than to see a ballgame in spring?

Baseball is just a game, obviously, but it means a lot to a lot of different people.

My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.

Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

Now, you tell me, if I have a day off during the baseball season, where do you think I'll spend it? The ballpark. I still love it. Always have, always will.

Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.

There is but one game and that game is baseball.

I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.

I like a slower pace of life.

I try to think about Elvis, Memphis, Oprah in the afternoon.

Let us leave hurry to slaves.

I felt what I almost always feel when I am watching a ballgame: Just for those two or three hours, there is really no place I would rather be.

I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, 'Why didn't I go to bed at 11?' I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.

People need to look at baseball like it has been sent from the heavens, and respect the game.

I thank heaven we have had baseball in this world... the kids... our national pastime.

The fundamental truth: a baseball game is nothing but a great slow contraption for getting you to pay attention to the cadence of a summer day.

I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

I think the best vacation is the one that relieves me of my own life for a while and then makes me long for it again.

Baseball is the only thing beside the paper clip that hasn't changed

Time flows in a strange way on Sundays.