Joe Garagiola Quotes

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

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

As an athlete, you'd better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

I played baseball. I kind of sucked at that. They used to call me 'The Buntmaster' because my coach never wanted me to swing.

In the movies, I never lost a fight. In baseball, I hardly ever won one.

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

I ain't won but one. My team won the rest in spite of me.

I bowled a 129... It was like the Special Olympics or something!

I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.

Babe Ruth was great. I'm just lucky.

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

I even scored Monaco's goal too. Please, put it down as an own goal for me!

You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

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

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

I play a lot of sports. I'm not real good at any of them. I'm above adequate.

I wasn't athletic. I played baseball, but I was terrible.

I wasn't very funny or flashy, I was kind of boring.

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I think my teammates make me look a lot better than I am.

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.