Quotes About George Brett

#1. And George Brett. I think most people know that George and I have become pretty good friends over the years.

Robin Yount

#2. Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it.

Bert Campaneris

#3. I'm no George Brett, and I probably never will be.

Johnny Damon

#4. George Brett could roll out of bed on Christmas morning and hit a line drive.

John Schuerholz

#5. George Brett could get good wood on an aspirin.

Jim Frey

#6. I am not too serious about anything. I believe you have to enjoy yourself to get the most out of your ability. I can take the criticism with the accolades. Neither affects me.

George Brett

#7. American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.

George Brett

#8. Every time I sit with our general manager at a baseball game, and there's number-cruncher and statistician guy - I'm sitting around - they start talking about stuff, and I say, 'What's that? I've never heard of that one before.'

George Brett

#9. If anyone stays away (after the 1981 strike), my response is this - those people had no right to ever come to the park, because they aren't true baseball fans.

George Brett

#10. There's nothing like Opening Day. There's nothing like the start of a new season. I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and quit playing when I was 40, so it's kind of in my blood.

George Brett

#11. My problems are all behind me!

George Brett

#12. Do I want someone to get more hits than me? No. Do I want someone to hit more home runs than me? No. Do I want someone to have more RBI than me? No. I get a kick out of seeing the all-time leaders and my name's on top of every one, with the exception of strikeouts. I get a kick out of that.

George Brett

#13. The Air Corps ... does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating ... funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation.

George Brett

#14. My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had.

George Brett

#15. If there was no intentional walks, the guy would just walk him anyway, unintentionally intentionally walk him. You see a lot more of that than what meets the eye.

George Brett

#16. If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.

George Brett

#17. He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.

George Brett

#18. I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

George Brett

#19. I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is ... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.

George Brett

#20. Don't try to be a hero. Try to be a winner.

George Brett

#21. I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.

George Brett

#22. I was scared everyday I put on the uniform.

George Brett

#23. If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.

George Brett

#24. I don't think I can play any other way but all out. I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

George Brett

#25. If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out.

George Brett

#26. Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.

George Brett

#27. Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.

George Brett

#28. I never lifted a weight in my life. Why am I going to do steroids? That's not going to do me any good. We didn't have any weights in our clubhouse. We had one exercise bike and that was for the guy who tweaked his hamstring. And that thing didn't even work half the time.

George Brett

#29. I used to be a mad hitter. And then I learned the longer you wait out the ball, the better you see it. And the better you see it, the harder you hit it. And the harder you hit it, the higher your average is going to be. And the higher your average is, the more money you're going to make.

George Brett

#30. I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story.

George Brett

#31. Even today, if the Royals win six games all year, if they're going to go 6-156, I hope they beat the Yankees six times.

George Brett

#32. A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.

George Brett

#33. Michael Jackson doesn't really belong on this planet. He's the most important figure in the history of music. He'll be remembered far longer than George Bush will. 200 years from now, people will be talking about Michael Jackson, and no one's going to mention George Bush.

Brett Ratner