Quotes About First Baseman

#1. The Gotham boys have a first baseman, Louis Gehrig, who is called the 'Babe Ruth' of the high schools," wrote the Chicago Tribune.

Jonathan Eig

#2. I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.

Bob Uecker

#3. I played from the time I was seven years old. My father was my first baseman coach. I had opportunities that I never really pursued - with some Miami teams and a few larger colleges, and then I ended up bailing and began cooking.

Todd English

#4. I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

Bob Sheppard

#5. I was trying to land an 18-year-old strapping first baseman from Blanco, Texas, population 200. His name was Willie Upshaw. It turned out there were only three scouts who knew about Willie - Dave Yocum and I working for the Yankees, and Al LaMacchia from the Atlanta Braves.

Pat Gillick

#6. When I throw a softball, there's no time to think about the motion of my arm. I just look at the first baseman's glove and react.

Keegan Bradley

#7. As a first baseman, hitting home runs is what's expected of me. But I don't really try to hit home runs.

Derrek Lee

#8. I came in thinking about Bobby Ewing, but I love this Ray Krebbs role.

Steve Kanaly

#9. Success is not an accident, it's a result of the choices we make based on things we believe in..

Jeremy Marcus Coatesoates

#10. With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts.

Andrew Bird

#11. In Russian administration, minuteness does not exclude disorder. Much trouble is taken to attain unimportant ends, and those employed believe they can never do enough to show their zeal. The result is ... that having passed through one formality does not secure the stranger from another.

Marquis De Custine

#12. The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

Ty Cobb

#13. You never begin a new life. It's a mistake to think that you end one part of your life and start another as if there's no continuity.

Rudy Giuliani

#14. To truly love we must learn to mix various ingredients - care, affection, recognition, respect, commitment, and trust, as well as honest and open communication.

Bell Hooks