Garth Brooks Quotes (51 Quotes)

While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.

The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.

I m not a major talent, I'm a product of the people.

And now I'm glad I didn't know The way it all would end the way it all would go Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

The tour, as wild and as loud as it was in the first, would gain momentum as the years went by, because I would gain more confidence back.

Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.

I don't know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something that's new, and hopefully will be fun, and there's plenty of stuff out there to cut.

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

When I play Make You Feel My Love and it gets one of the best ovations of the night, that makes me feel like we're loved for things we do.

It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!

Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid!

It was the perfect Christmas gift to each other. We could not be happier.

I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

Tell that someone that you love, just what you're thinking of, If tomorrow never comes.

Thank God for unanswered prayers.

No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.

I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.

You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.

When you sit on something trying to preserve it, you die and become sterile.

I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen.

I don't fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you've done in the past. And I like to keep looking forward.

People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.

That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.

I believe in the Wal-Mart school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.

When we had hot lunch in elementary school, I liked those biscuits they served. You could smell them about an hour before lunch.

I was going to audition for this baseball movie Kevin Costner's making called For the Love of the Game, but the scheduling couldn't be worked out.

You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.

I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

When there's only one race, and that's mankind, we shall be free.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.

Trying to learn from what's behind you; And never knowing what's in store; Makes each day a constant battle; Just to stay between the shores.

The hardest working man in country music, ... given everything an artist can give to country music.

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

You know a dream is like a river; Ever changing as it flows. And a dreamer's not just a vessel; That must flow where it goes.

I announced last year that I won't be touring again. But CBS has given me the opportunity to take my music to the people in a new way, to have the fun of performing live, and to do it in such a way that I don't have to be away from home for long periods of time. It's going to be fun.

Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.