Frankie Ballard Quotes

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

It's an honor and a blessing to be part of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'

I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that.

I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

I'm blessed to have a little bit of success in football.

And I found out, the other part of it is that I found out and in my desire to life successfully, that baseball fit very well into my life. It's been a great teacher, trainer, mentor and you'll see what I mean in the next few minutes that I have to speak.

I got good grades. I played sports.

Basketball has given me everything.

Basketball gave me everything.

I really appreciate the opportunity to play on the All-Star court.

I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

'Justified' is one of the greatest teams I've ever played for. It's just awesome.

Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.

Squash has been my life and I owe a lot to the sport.

Today I join the greatest players that played the game. It is a great feeling being here.

God blessed me to play football.

I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that.

My message to a lot of guys is, if you like school and you like education, baseball is gonna be there, and you can get some of the same great competition in college that you do in the low minor leagues.

Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it.

Softball has given me so much in life. It's taught me the kind of person I want to be, and given me a sweet sisterhood. It even led me to my husband.

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.