Harmon Killebrew Quotes (15 Quotes)

There's a little sadness to it, too because some of the guys that were lost over the years, that aren't here with us.

I don't want anybody cheating to get there, that's for sure. It's a shame, any cloud that hangs over baseball, and this is certainly a big, big cloud. It needs to get cleaned up.

I think the only word the Cuba-born Oliva could say in English when I met him was 'hamburger.' When I see him, I always tell him, 'I've known you for 40 years, and I still can't understand you.'

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

I spent twenty-two seasons playing professional baseball. Naturally, success in that field is measured by batting averages, number of home runs and RBIs, fielding averages, ERAs and other statistics. Fame, notoriety and the bright lights fade quickly. To me, true success in life would be to develop both physically and spiritually to our fullest and to endure to the end.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys".

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

He was in a very happy, positive mood at the time of his passing. He was in love and excited about getting married.

I don't think we've been together for a long time. I can't remember the last time, ... Right up until that final out of the seventh game, we still had a chance to win. It was a great World Series.

It's very disappointing... Anything that harms the integrity of the game is terrible. We always thought we were immune to drugs in baseball, but we know that's not true anymore.

He might not have looked good in a baseball uniform, but he made that uniform look good on him.

We (who) played the game don't like hearing that that was done. It's difficult not having been involved with that stuff (to know) what it does, but nobody ever hit that many home runs before.

That's a very good question. Major League Baseball has to make it clear what it wants to do. They're the ones on the spot.

It's a mess whichever way you look at it. There would normally be big hoopla, I'm sure. The commissioner would make a big deal out of it. I just hate to see this cloud over the game.

I remember one spring when I was doing the team's telecasts, Bob Allison was with me, and we were walking through the clubhouse in Orlando. This kid who was trying to make it with the Twins as an outfielder came up to me and asked who was that with me. I said that's Bob Allison, and you better hope you have as good a career as he had.