Blyleven Quotes

#1. Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

P.D. James

#2. There are many more women who identify as unique people as well as mothers, or instead of as mothers, than there used to be and, hopefully, there are more men who identify as fathers.

Gloria Steinem

#3. My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.

Bert Blyleven

#4. We're 5-3, that's what we are. We're 5-3 with three games left. Maybe it doesn't feel like it, but we've got to face reality. We're 5-3, and 8-3 looks a lot better than 5-6 or 6-5. We can make something of our season.

Bryan Cupito

#5. Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

Albert Schweitzer

#6. The best thing about the New Year is your 4.90 ERA disappears and starts back at zero.

Bert Blyleven

#7. I don't even think about fame at all.

Leighton Meester

#8. I knew that I wasn't a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame inductee.

Bert Blyleven

#9. I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I do a weapon.

Bert Blyleven

#10. Leavening the flat bread of what we know, with the yeast of what we dream may come to pass.

Clive Barker

#11. She always said that it didn't matter what your voice was like so long as you loved the song.

George R R Martin

#12. When you're not at the top of your game and you feel like the other team is laughing and embarrassing you by doing certain things, it's time to retaliate.

Bert Blyleven

#13. And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.

Eli Wallach

#14. Getting into the Hall of Fame won't change me. I'm still going to pass gas and pick my nose like I always do.

Bert Blyleven

#15. When power is scarce, a little of it is tempting.

Margaret Atwood

#16. Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.

Bert Blyleven

#17. Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile.

Laurence Overmire

#18. He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.

Leslie Charteris

#19. I really like Kansas City Royals stadium - Kauffman Stadium.

Bert Blyleven

#20. I want to stay around longer than the pitchers who were at the top when I came into the big leagues. I don't want to be gone and have all the old guys - Seaver, Carlton, Ryan and Sutton - still pitching. I got rid of Palmer, now I want to outlast the rest of them.

Bert Blyleven

#21. I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put on the uniform year after year. That, to me, is exciting.

Bert Blyleven

#22. The best crop of a garden, year after year, is hope.

Robert Rodale

#23. I'm probably one of the few people that liked 'Water World' with Kevin Costner.

Bert Blyleven

#24. I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

Bert Blyleven

#25. The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

Bert Blyleven