W. P. Kinsella Quotes

I could always hit. I learned to hit with a broomstick and a ball of tape and I could always get that bat on the ball.

Cyclists, I work with a number of cyclists. They are great athletes; they are great aerobic athletes. If you ask them to hit a baseball or golf ball, they can't do that.

The game is just, everybody talks about baseball, but I really think football probably has a little bit more American feeling than anything.

I had more offers in football than baseball.

I have natural talent when it comes to batting.

In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.

If I were catching blindfolded, I'd always know when it was Foxx who connected. He hit the ball harder than anyone else.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

Gehrig had one advantage over me. He was a better ballplayer.

I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as (Willie) Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder.

I have to give Mays one edge, durability. Mickey isn't sound and Willie is. Otherwise, if I had a chance to trade for either player, I'd pick Mantle.

I was better at baseball, but I really loved football.

Turner was like a pencil. He bent around that pitch!

I trust that I can hit a fastball, that I can hit any pitch they throw to me.

I don't think I've ever seen anybody with quicker hands than Soriano.

I'm seeing the ball well. I'm not trying for home runs. I'm trying to hit to right field more. When I do that, the home run comes.

He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.

I can't imagine Joe DiMaggio was a better all-around player than Dale Murphy.

Running is for animals. You need a brain and a ball for football.

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign language.

He (Babe Ruth) hits a ball harder and further than any man I ever saw.

The hardest thing to do in baseball is to hit a round baseball with a round bat, squarely.

I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played horrible Little League baseball, and played football and basketball in school situations where I was forced to.

People say I don't have great tools. They say that I can't throw like Ellis Valentine or run like Tim Raines or hit with power like Mike Schmidt. Who can? I make up for it in other ways, by putting out a little bit more. That's my theory, to go through life hustling. In the big leagues, hustle usually means being in the right place at the right time. It means backing up a base. It means backing up your teammate. It means taking that headfirst slide. It means doing everything you can do to win a baseball game.