James Carville Quotes

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.

I played good ball in the minor leagues, and that's why they called me up to the major leagues.

My first year in baseball, there were only one or two reporters. My second year, I got to the Triple-A playoffs, there were four or five. When I came up in 1984, I never saw so many people.

I never forgot the four years I spent with the Phillies, my September call-ups and my big league Spring Trainings. I never forgot that.

I want to be a starter again, I would really enjoy playing for the Phillies again, but my first consideration in making my decision is finding a circumstance that is right for me. I want to play for the Phillies again, but I also wouldn't mind joining a team I've never played with before.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

I wanted to be a professional baseball player.

I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.

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

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years.

I just always wanted to be a baseball announcer. I'm a huge Mets fan, and I wanted to be the next Bob Murphy. As far as careers go, that was the first career that I really thought about. Well, before that, I wanted to be a Mello Yello truck driver.

I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.

Any time you're in the coaching business or managing in the minor leagues, when you see a player who has made it to the major leagues, you get a thrill out of that.

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

When I was a minor league player, my goal was to be a major leaguer. It's no different as a minor league manager.

I think if you ask any young guy if they would want a career like Gary Payton, they would tell you yes.

After the first time I got traded - I was in the bullpen warming up for a game in Double A, and I got called back in and got traded - that was probably the, like, most crazy it could be. And once I got traded, the next time it got a little easier, and I got traded the next time - it's just part of it.

I played right field in Minor Leagues a lot before I started playing centerfield.

My father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee system before he hurt his elbow.

I had to go to see the careers woman at school, and when she asked me what I wanted to do after school, I told her flat: 'I want to be a professional footballer.' I can remember her being silent for a few seconds, just looking at me.

I loved playing baseball, and the only reason I played was to play professional baseball. I wanted that to be my career for a long time. I turned down multiple jobs and meetings because of it.

I only ever wanted to be a footballer.

It's just so much fun to relax and just play baseball for a living. It's a great time in my life. I'm never going to forget it, and it's very humbling.