Barry Bonds famous quotes

I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.
-- Barry Bonds

#Lonely #Games #Odds

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Player #Needs

Age is how you feel. If you take care of yourself, you'll be able to do the same things. You may not do it as often. But you can still do it.
-- Barry Bonds

#Age #Care #May

My life is in shambles. It is crazy. It couldn't get any crazier. I'm just trying to stay sane.
-- Barry Bonds

#Crazy #Trying #Life Is

If you want to be on top, you've got to have broad shoulders, because as fast as you get there, the faster they try to knock you down.
-- Barry Bonds

#Success #Trying #Want

Baseball is just my job.
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Jobs #Ties

I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.
-- Barry Bonds

#Thinking #Ties #Role Models

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
-- Barry Bonds

#Ties #Talent

Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
-- Barry Bonds

#Ties #Things Happen

I don't know what you guys say, but at home, life is way different from baseball.
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Home #Ties

I like to be against the odds.
-- Barry Bonds

#Odds #Ties

I don't ever remember having any bad times here in Pittsburgh.
-- Barry Bonds

#Pittsburgh #Remember #Bad Times

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can.
-- Barry Bonds

#Athlete #Care #Window

I could learn how to press 'Record' on a tape recorder and write for a newspaper or a magazine.
-- Barry Bonds

#Writing #Tape #Records

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
-- Barry Bonds

#Stories #Life Story #Persons

There's not too many rich black people in this world.
-- Barry Bonds

#People #Black #World

I'm clean, I've always been clean.
-- Barry Bonds

#Cleanliness

Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
-- Barry Bonds

#Sports #Respect #Self

But to be the best, you must face the best. And to overcome your fear, you must deal with the best.
-- Barry Bonds

#Overcoming #Faces #Being The Best

It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player
-- Barry Bonds

#Player #Names

I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.
-- Barry Bonds

#Trying

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Born

I don't know if the record is going to happen. I don't really think about the record. There are other things I worry about.
-- Barry Bonds

#Thinking #Worry #Records

I don't know if ***** are going to help you in baseball. I just don't believe it. I don't believe ***** can help eye-hand coordination [and] technically hit a baseball.
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Believe #Eye

Every pitcher can beat you, it doesn't matter how good you are.
-- Barry Bonds

#Matter #Beats #Pitcher

I don't know what my future is.
-- Barry Bonds

#My Future

I don't want to be a Major League coach.
-- Barry Bonds

#League #Major League #Want

I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.
-- Barry Bonds

#Max #Levels #Chef

I think some of the pressure comes from the expectations of other people. Like if your father played baseball, they expect you to be the big lifesaver or something when you play a sport.
-- Barry Bonds

#Sports #Baseball #Father

I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top,
-- Barry Bonds

#Lonely #Not Afraid #Lonely At The Top

My career is an open book, but my life is not
-- Barry Bonds

#Book #Careers #Life Is

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #College #Thinking

There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run
-- Barry Bonds

#Running #Home #Hitting

I'd like to help educate kids about the Major Leagues - what to anticipate, what to expect, what they'll need to do to prepare themselves
-- Barry Bonds

#Kids #League #Needs

I'm clean, I've always been clean. But it never ends. It seems like every reporter from last season to this season has reported and opened up a new can of (expletive). And I haven't even been to spring training. At least let me get to spring training and (expletive) up before you crucify me.
-- Barry Bonds

#Spring #Training #Lasts

I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.
-- Barry Bonds

#Baseball #Dad #Boys