Enos Slaughter Quotes

Even though I play a professional sport now, I love college baseball.

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 love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.

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.

You have to hit the fastball to play in the big leagues.

I've had a good time here in baseball. I love baseball. That's why I'm still around.

I'm now the hitting the instructor with the Cleveland Indians.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

Always wanted to be a Major League player. Loved baseball. Followed it. Loved to play. Plus, I could always hit.

I was in the American League for 16, 17 years, and I think it's a really tough league to compete in.

High school baseball is a passion of mine.

That's how easy baseball was for me. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I had the knowledge before I became a professional baseball player to do all these things and know what each guy would hit.

Cricket is my passion; it is my first love. So I will not act in my movies, as they will just be a side business for me.

I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's the life I know. If I didn't love the life of baseball, I wouldn't work out like I do every winter.

By that time I was thinking a little about pro ball and hopeful that someone would draft me.

I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

I thought I was a pretty good shortstop, but I also wanted to play in the major leagues.

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

I love the game with a passion.

I love the game and I just want to be around it or watch it all the time.