Gene Autry Quotes

Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.

In 1961 somebody could've hit a home run to win the game and the next day the headline was about the M&M boys not hitting a home run. But everyone was real good about it. Instead of getting mad they joked about it.

When I was working on the unauthorized biography 'Stan Musial: An American Life,' which came out in 2011, old opponents recalled how Musial knew their names after they had been in the majors only a few days.

Baseball was the darling of all sports back then.

I had a really good feeling about that match. You know, they are good friends, and Chris had to feel really relaxed because of being out there with Tiger.

When you - when you play golf with somebody, you spend four hours or more walking with somebody, usually, you learn something about them that you didn't know before.

You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities.

I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I enjoy all sports, not just football. I like basketball, baseball, and I got into the World Cup. So really, sports in general are my life, and football specifically.

There's certainly a large literature around baseball in the U.S.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke.

I grew up playing football and baseball.

One day, the infielders were having a pretty bad time and were making some bad throws to me at first base. After digging a few out of the dirt, Joe Orengo called over to me, 'Atta boy, John, you look like a big cat.' Some of the writers overheard the remark and asked Joe about it later. The nickname has stuck with me ever since.

I got that nickname my first spring training camp with the Expos in 1974. Tim Foli, Ken Singleton and Mike Jorgensen started calling me 'Kid' because I was trying to win every sprint. I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park.

I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it.

People have kind of latched on with my personality and how I play golf and how I carry myself. It seems like every town we go to, I'm experiencing newer things with these types of fans.

I don't really pretend to know what's going on, but I've been immersed in the excitement of watching sports, particularly football. I like baseball, probably more than football.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses

There were a lot of places, including Los Angeles, that didn't have major league baseball. There were other really large cities that had no major league teams, but at least they had college football.

Although baseball actually began as a game played largely by urban toughs, its image was soon reconstructed to mirror the country's pastoral myth.

Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.

If you like playing basketball, you play basketball. If you like playing golf, you play golf.