Joe Garagiola Quotes

Baseball is the favorite American sport because it's so slow. Any idiot can follow it. And just about any idiot can play it.

The only real game - I think - in the world is baseball.

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.

Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.

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

Baseball is the greatest sport in the world. It is the cleanest, besides affording more people the right kind of amusement than any other. I do not say that because I have made my living at it. I say it from the heart.

No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball.

Since 1869, baseball has been doing pretty well.

I chose baseball because to me baseball is the best game of all.

Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization.

I just love baseball; it's one of my favorite sports.

For me, baseball is everything.

You can say baseball's fun, you're in the big leagues, you get to come to a Major League field every day - and, yeah, that's great. I love it.

To me, baseball is, in some ways, other than my family and wife, my life, and it always will be.

Baseball is a man maker.

Baseball has been my favorite sport all my life.

The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.

The crack of the bat, the sound of baseballs thumping into gloves, the infield chatter are like birdsong to the baseball starved.

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

Baseball is a team game.

The game of baseball is better when the Dodgers are playing well, just like when the Yankees are playing well, or the Cubs, the Phillies, the big-name teams.

That's the remarkable thing about baseball. The game has a way of having you scratch your head one minute and drive you crazy, and then the next, you're entertained beyond your wildest hopes. That's why it's the best 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.

Baseball is the life.

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.