Bob Uecker Quotes

Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.

Loyalty and communication are always rewarded in sports.

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

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

Your job as a baseball player is to come to the park ready to play every day, and the manager, it's his job to make those decisions about who plays.

And, you know, you try and preach to them there's more to this game than just walking up to home plate, swinging the bat, fielding a ground ball. There's some dedication in it, some love you've got to put into this work.

Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.

Don't believe those tales you hear about my being all-in. Wait until you see me in action for your team and then form your opinion of my worth to your team. I assure you that I am delighted to be a Pirate and that I will do my best to bring another pennant to the Smoky City.

Atleti fans always demand your all on the field, and I guarantee that I will give them that and more.

Even more than results, it matters that the players give everything for their shirt, and if they do that whether they're relegated or not, the fans are ready to applaud.

Whatever team we have at training I'm going to play my heart out for.

When you get the shirt and a position in the team, you don't want to give it up.

I love playing baseball, and I always promised myself, if I had the chance, that I would work as hard as I could to be the best player I could possibly be.

My players mean the world to me.

Whenever I get a chance, I want to do well for the other players, the staff, and, of course, the fans.

Everyone has an affection for the club where you played in your youth; that's normal. But loyalty to it? Loyalty is staying at the club. Affection is different. The important thing is that when you're there, you give it your all, respect the rules and respect the club, and try to be the best you can be. That's fair enough.

I know if I play hard and show that I want to be a Knick, I know the fans will accept me.

As long as my players show respect - not for me, but for the locker room, their team-mates and the club - I will tear my heart out of my chest and let them play keepy-uppy with it.

To wear this shirt, especially with the West Ham badge on it - it takes an honest player, hard-working, a player that leaves everything on the pitch and plays for the crest on the shirt.

I slowly began to develop an interest in the game. I owe my success to my family. Had it not been for my father and my brother, I would not have been so closely associated with cricket.

I had to make baseball work. I threw myself into it.

My father, my first coach, would never let me punk out if I was capable of helping the team.

I love being a Dallas Cowboy. I love everything about it. I think about it every day.

You hate missing games. You hate leaving your teammates out there.