Joe Garagiola Quotes

The Mets have shown me more ways to lose than I even knew existed.

Losing is not fun. It's terrible to lose. But in order to have fun winning, you have to go thouigh some pain of losing.

No matter how well or how bad you play, when you have a chance of winning and you come up a little bit too short, it obviously hits you a little bit. It stinks.

[Baseball] breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.

It's tough to strike out. Believe me. I hate striking out. It's no fun. It's embarrassing. But there really isn't anything I can do. It's just a part of my game.

Baseball was a dream I gathered more splinters than hits.

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

When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.

I never slept when I lost. I'd see the sun come up without ever having closed my eyes. I'd see those base hits over and over and they would drive me crazy.

It is always nice to get to finals, but never nice to lose in them.

Winning is something you've dreamed about and hoped for, so that when you get there it's no big deal. But if you lose, you're gutted, and the gutted sense just goes on, and I know what that's like, because I've been having that gutted feeling since 1979.

Losing sucks. I don't think most people understand how bad it feels.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.

I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.

People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there.

I hate losing. It doesn't matter if it's racing or playing Ping-Pong - I hate it.

The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.

Obviously, losing isn't fun. It's not fun for anybody. I'm no different.

When you don't get hits it's depressing.

It's always disappointing to lose a final.

Losing is a tough blow to take.