“If a tied game is like kissing your sister, then a loss is like kissing your Grandma . . . with her teeth out.” • George Brett
“We’ve got fresh air, we’ve got sunshine, let’s play two.” • Ernie Banks
“And just how happy is Ricky Henderson? Finally, he can not show up for spring training on time and nobody will ask any questions” • Paul White, Baseball Weekly Magazine
“In Baseball, why is it called a strike, when you don’t?”
“Why are the foul line and foul poles in fair territory?”
“Jesus my ass hurts!” • Ryan Hoffman, July 1999
“If people don’t come to the ballpark, who’s going to stop them?” • Yogi Berra
“When you come to the fork in the road, take it.” • Yogi Berra
“It isn’t over, ’til it’s over.” • Yogi Berra
“Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half physical.” • Yogi Berra
“You can see a lot just by observing.” • Yogi Berra
“Pitch” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“Expect the baseball” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“On your bellies, infield” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“Ugly finder, look out” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“Gosh darn it” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“Freeze on a line drive, halfway on a fly ball” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“You got Moe and Larry out there, but you’re missing Curly” • Frank Turco, Head Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
‘It’s not a snowball fight out there, fellas!’ • Gary White, Assistant Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
‘That’s a foul ball, Ump . . . Cheaters!’ • Gary White, Assistant Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
‘Somebody set up the tents, ‘cause the circus is here.’ • Gary White, Assistant Baseball Coach, Estero High School Wildcats
“Ifa she fly, she die!” • Frank Brown
“Why is it that yachtsman wear sport shirts, khakis and leather docksiders when they are guaranteed to get completely soaked, but power boaters wear Speedo bathing suits when they could have opted for a tuxedo on a ten day cruise and never gotten a wrinkle?” • An original quote
“Yonder flies a dead duck.” • An original quote
“Don’t just skate to the puck, skate to where the puck is going to be!” • Wayne Gretzky’s Dad
“Jesus saves . . . Gretzky scores on the rebound!” • From a sign held at a rally in Canada during the Pope’s visit
“Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die.” • Tim Steeves
“Go fast. Turn Left.” • Richard Petty
“Metcalf, you row like shit, get off boat and swim home.” • Holly Metcalf, quoting her Olympic Rowing coach. He was later fired, she won an Olympic Gold Medal
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” • Mike Tyson, Heavy Weight Champion
“He said that his favorite moment from 2011 came at the end of the
uncanny come-from-behind win over the Bears, when a 59-yard field goal
not kicked by Tim Tebow forced overtime and a 51-yarder not kicked by Tim Tebow won the game.” • From Article about Matt Prater, Place Kicker for the Denver Broncos