I told him I wasn't tired. He told me, no, but the outfielders sure are. — Jim Kern
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. — Duke Snider
The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field — Wendy Mass
Being a good teammate is when you try to sprint down a ball that everyone thinks is going out of bounds. But you go after it anyways and you get it. — Mia Hamm
I'm not afraid to swing the bat. If they elect to pitch to me, I'm going to swing. I'm not as picky as Mr. Sheffield. I'll swing at something over my head. — Bobby Bonilla
My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field. — Bo Jackson
I'd rather be a good person off the field than a good baseball player on the field. — Bryce Harper
Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball. — Ken Harrelson
They throw the ball, I hit it. They hit the ball, I catch it. — Willie Mays
In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard. — Warren Buffett
Be ready to catch the ball when it is thrown by life. — Steve Jobs
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. — Ted Williams
Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business. — Tommy Henrich
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. — Babe Ruth
Short Outfield Quotes
Listen to yourself, not the noise of the world. Only you know what is right for you. — Leon Brown
The test of an outfielder's skill comes when he has to go against the fence to make a catch. — Joe Dimaggio
The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield. — Barry Zito
The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield. — Lefty Gomez
Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do. — Babe Ruth
Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got. — Al Kaline
I think I do a great job in the outfield. — Rafael Soriano
I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it. — Alfonso Soriano
Outfield Image Quotes
Center Field Quotes
In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base. — Ken Harrelson
I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat. — Bryce Harper
The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor. — Mickey Rivers
Although the client-centered approach had its origin purely within the limits of the psychological clinic, it is proving to have implications, often of a startling nature, for very diverse fields of effort. — Carl Rogers
The key to hitting for high average is to relax, concentrate, and don't hit the fly ball to center field. — Stan Musial
When I was real young I wanted to play baseball. I really loved playing center field, but that was never anything I was really ever that good at. I played up until I was in ninth grade. — Ryan Sypek
I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling. — Heinrich Hertz
I don't ask for much. I don't ask to be rich, and I don't ask to be famous, and I don't ask to play center field for the New York Yankees. I just want to get married and have a wife, and a house, and I want to have a kid, and I want to go see him be a tooth in the school play! — Tom Hanks
Choosing with integrity means finding ways to speak up that honor your reality, the reality of others, and your willingness to meet in the center of that large field. It’s hard sometimes. — Terry Tempest Williams
All Thy works with joy surround Thee, God of glory, Lord of Love; Stars and angels sing around Thee, Center of unbroken praise. Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flowery meadow, flashing sea, Chanting bird and flowing fountain, Call us to rejoice in Thee. — Henry Van Dyke
I was nicknamed 'Skeeter' in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield. — Skeet Ulrich
Sometimes we have to lose our way to find out what we really want, for we often ignore our needs until we are lost. — Leon Brown
The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat. — Joe Dimaggio
I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game. — Joe Maddon
I can't believe that Babe Ruth was a better player than Willie Mays. (Babe) Ruth is to baseball what Arnold Palmer is to golf. He got the game moving. But I can't believe he could run as well as (Willie) Mays, and I can't believe he was any better an outfielder. — Sandy Koufax
You are inferior to no one. others may treat you that way, but that is their problem. You are above all of this. — Leon Brown
I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed... When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it's mainly softball with some friends. — Josh Charles
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too. — Al Kaline
Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players. — George Steinbrenner
Find something good within your life and give every ounce of positivity you have towards it, then watch how your life changes. — Leon Brown
One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms. — Al Kaline
I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college. — Bo Jackson
The art of cursing people seems to have lost its tang since the old days when a good malediction took four deep breaths to deliverand sent the outfielders scurrying toward the fence to field. — Robert Benchley
I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente. — John Sayles
You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. — Jim Palmer
I made the Dixie Heights High School baseball team as an 8th grader and went on to have a very successful career. I was all state both my junior and senior years leading our team 3 district championships and 1 regional championship in 2001 which hadn't happened since 1991. My number has since been retired at Dixie Heights and a banner hangs from the outfield fence with my name and number on it. — Graham Taylor
Any sportswriter who thinks the world is no bigger than the outfield fence in not only a bad citizen, but also a lousy sportswriter. — Red Smith
I always could hit, but fielding I had to work at. I took as much pride in fielding as hitting. I became a complete ballplayer. I knew when to take the extra base. I knew about the outfielder hitting the cutoff man. I knew when and how to bunt. I knew when to hit-and-run. — George Kell
I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or how to place my infield or outfield to defend properly against the opposing hitter. — Walter Alston
We have some fast guys out there. It's always fun to compete with each other at practice in the outfield. It's going to be a fun year out there. — Andrew Stevenson
It took him 75 steps to get from third to home. I thought we were going to have to go out there and help him. A lot of players start thinking double then maybe wind up with a triple because the outfielder slips. — Derek Jeter
What we're going to do is use spring training as sort of a feeling-out process for Phil and Preston and our other outfielders. It gives us a lot of comfort to know that you've got a pure center fielder like Preston. But he's also so athletic, he can come in and play either corner and we'll feel very comfortable with it. — Tim Purpura
I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I modeled my playing ability after one of the all time greats, Joe DiMaggio. You always found Joe, when he played, you know, he always threw to the right base. He ran, he caught the ball. He did all the right things. He was an idol of mine in the outfield. He played the game the way it was supposed to be played. — Hank Aaron
I remember one spring when I was doing the team's telecasts, Bob Allison was with me, and we were walking through the clubhouse in Orlando. This kid who was trying to make it with the Twins as an outfielder came up to me and asked who was that with me. I said that's Bob Allison, and you better hope you have as good a career as he had. — Harmon Killebrew
Whenever we play the Twins, Torii Hunter has a major impact on defense. He tells the left fielder and the right fielder to take the day off and he covers the whole outfield. — Ken Macha
When I was a rookie, Cy Young used to hit me flies to sharpen my abilities to judge in advance the direction and distance of an outfield-hit ball. — Tris Speaker
I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield. — Roger Maris
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