Timothy Busfield Quotes

You could ask any position player and they'll tell you: pitchers aren't athletes.

It's about getting in position and taking a swing. I don't care if you're taking steroids or not; if you don't do those two things, it's not going to matter anyway.

I'm really bad at baseball.

Bobby Brown reminds me of a fellow who's been hitting for 12 years and fielding one.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

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

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

Hitting the ball was easy. Running around the bases was the tough part.

There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.

I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

I used to lead off when I was a rookie. I've always been able to bunt.

I was the worst hitter ever. I never even broke a bat until last year when I was backing out of the garage.

If I had to name the number one asset you could have for any sport I'd say speed. In baseball, all a guy with speed has to do is make contact.

If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people.

You know, this game's not very much fun when you're only hitting .247.

First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me.

He slides into second with a stand up double.

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.

I played American football, but I did my best work with baseball.

I hope people know I can throw now.

Game after game, year after year, you never stop thinking about the balls you get your hands on and don't catch.

If I could straighten it out (his golf swing), I'd be pitching at Dodger Stadium tonight.

How can I play baseball if I'm stupid? If I was stupid I wouldn't have pitched in the World Series. I'd be playing ball in Mexico or Yugoslavia or on Pluto.