Outfield Quotes

#1. Switching to the outfield was the best break I ever got.

Al Kaline

#2. I never think Im going to make a double play in the outfield. But I did it.

Alfonso Soriano

#3. The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Barry Zito

#4. I started playing soccer at age 6 and played both outfield and goalie. Back then, no one wanted to go on goalie - coaches would make deals with me so I'd do it. It's a tough position as a kid.

Tim Howard

#5. I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day.

George Herman

#6. I pitched and I played the outfield.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#7. 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

#8. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

Shemar Moore

#9. When I was young, it was fun being in the locker room and shagging balls in the outfield in spring training. But I couldn't keep my attention on the games for more than 30 minutes. I would sit there with my Game Boy the whole game.

Shane Larkin

#10. Gee, its lonesome in the outfield. It's hard to keep awake with nothing to do.

Babe Ruth

#11. The secret of my success was clean living and a fast outfield.

Lefty Gomez

#12. 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

#13. 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

#14. 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

#15. I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

Roger Maris

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. 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

#19. 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

#20. I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.

Skeet Ulrich

#21. The reason we had an all-black outfield in '51 is Don Mueller got hurt, so Hank Thompson was a legitimate replacement. So what? People talk about, 'You're the first to do this. You're the first to do that.' Don't dwell on race all the time.

Monte Irvin

#22. I think I do a great job in the outfield.

Rafael Soriano

#23. 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

#24. Guys get injuries and there's a reason why these injuries happen. A lot of time you're going to get your knee injuries and your ankle injuries, but sometimes if a guy's back is hurting it might be because his core isn't balanced with his back.

Andre Reed

#25. I'm like a cat. I swear I have
nine lives

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#26. The thing about Whitney," I said, "is that she was always really private. So you never knew if anything was wrong with her.

Sarah Dessen

#27. In a couple of years, the Chinese will be seen as regular participants in international industry. Their companies have to report to shareholders as well as to the Chinese authorities. They need to make money, they have to be efficient.

Daniel Yergin

#28. As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.

George Takei

#29. When I'm near you, the air around you vibrates with life, Beck Ryker.

Tess Oliver

#30. You shut your door to these poor women," he said so they could hear him, "and you'll answer for it the rest of your lives. You won't sleep. You'll choke on drinks. The food you eat'll block up your bowels and you'll die of your own shit.

Glendon Swarthout

#31. I have a suspicion that the definition of "crazy" in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to f*** [sleep with her] anymore.

Tina Fey

#32. There's a rising cancer trend and, as I said, one of the major contributors is the overall ageing of the population - we aren't dying of other things, so we're dying of cancer.

Siddhartha Mukherjee