George Brett famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.
-- George Brett

#Softball #Sports #Motivation
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

#Basketball #Thinking #Games
I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool.
-- George Brett

#Golf #Swimming #House
If I stay healthy, I have a chance to collect 3,000 hits and 1,000 errors.
-- George Brett

#Health #Errors #Chance
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

#Exercise #Guy #Half
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

#Games #Support #Special
I've only read two books in my life: Baseball Sparkplug and Love Story.
-- George Brett

#Baseball #Book #Two
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

#Father #Mean #Self
Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle.
-- George Brett

#Struggle #People #League
Old third basemen become first basemen, and old first basemen become designated hitters.
-- George Brett

#Firsts #Thirds
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

#Baseball #Blood #Years
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

#Believe #Criticism #Serious
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

#Baseball #Talking #Games
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

#Running #Home #Names
American League teams don't bunt very often. National League teams bunt a lot.
-- George Brett

#Team #League
He looks like a greyhound, but he runs like a bus.
-- George Brett

#Baseball #Running #Looks
My problems are all behind me!
-- George Brett

#Problem #Behinds
I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.
-- George Brett

#Baseball #Years #Deserve Better
A woman will be elected President before Wade Boggs is called out on strikes. I guarantee that.
-- George Brett

#President #Guarantees #Wade
I was scared everyday I put on the uniform.
-- George Brett

#Baseball #Everyday #Uniforms
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

#Winning #Yankees #Years

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