Joe Garagiola Quotes

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I grew up a Dodger and got drafted by the Dodgers.

I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.

If I wasn't an actor, I probably would've tried to get a job with the Braves.

I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

No! I won't rule out center field for the Yankees, either.

Ever since I got drafted by the Yankees, I've been working on my swing.

Enos Cabell started out here with the Astros, and before that he was with the Orioles.

The ex-left-hander Dave Roberts will be going for Houston.

Playing baseball for a living is like having a license to steal.

When I was a little boy, my dream was to play baseball and leave Cuba.

I kept thinking, 'this must be the coolest job - I'd like to be a professional baseball player.' They were getting paid to play a game, and what a cool lifestyle that was.

I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.

Would I like to see baseball happen in Charlotte? Absolutely.

What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.

I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always.

I see similarities in the sports I played growing up in the sense of how I tackle a role when I get a job. A lot of effort goes in on an individual basis. There is a lot of time spent by yourself working on your craft and what you have to do. But, at the end of the day, you're there to serve the movie just like you would the rugby team.

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.

It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen.

I'm not that clued up on the American sports yet, really.

What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way.

Sports is human life in microcosm.

I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.