Barry Bonds Quotes on Baseball (20 Quotes)

I feel pretty good, ... To not swing a baseball bat in almost a year, no spring training, and go to a college and hit in a cage for a week and come out here and face major league pitching ... like I try to tell these guys, 'If I give you a little, it's a lot in this stage.'

I just want to win a championship. I'm playing to win a championship. That's the only thing that keeps me going. ... The only thing keeping me in the game of baseball right now is trying to win a championship for the team, trying to win a championship with a bunch of guys.

I don't judge them. I have to concentrate on baseball. I leave that up to you guys to make those statements in the paper.

I've never cared about records anyway. So what difference does it make Right now, I'm telling you, I don't even want to play next year. Baseball is a fun sport. But I'm not having fun. I love the game of baseball itself, but I don't like what it's turned out to be. I'm not mad at anybody. It's just that right now I am not proud to be a baseball player.

We'll be the oldest outfield in baseball history. A real Medicare unit.

I want to thank you all for your e-mails and the words of support and encouragement yesterday. There are a lot of exciting things going on in baseball right now. I would like to congratulate Team USA on their win over Mexico. I continue to be focused about this spring and the upcoming season. Later, Barry Bonds.

I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.

It's good when you win. It just makes it a little more gratifying, that's all it does, ... I can hit a baseball. I've never had any problems doing that. I'm trying to do it when we win games.

The only number I care about is Babe Ruth's. Because as a left-handed hitter, I wiped him out. That's it. And in the baseball world, Babe Ruth's everything, right I got his slugging percentage and I'll take his home runs and that's it. Don't talk about him no more.

This division is a little ... different. It's the first time I've seen this in the history of baseball.

Right now, I'm just trying to get back on the field. I don't care about this whole record thing. I just care about doing the best job that I can. It's hard, man, when baseball is all I've ever known and all I've ever done, to hit the switch and dim the lights a little bit.

A guy can be healthy as heck and all of a sudden your legs are all stiff the next day. That's part of baseball. That's the everyday grind.

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

When I finish playing, I think I'd like to coach college baseball.

Baseball is just my job.

I want to be able to play with my kids, man. There's a lot more to life than baseball.

Young players need to know how to take care of themselves for life after baseball.

I don't judge those things. I have to concentrate on baseball.

He told me, ... to get all I could get out of the game of baseball.

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.