Dan Quisenberry Quotes & Sayings

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball. — Dan Quisenberry

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can. — Dan Quisenberry

They're (California Angels) like the American League All-Star team, and that's their problem, the American League All-Star team always loses. — Dan Quisenberry

Someone told me just recently that poets are eulogists. It's their job, to eulogize. I didn't know that, but it makes sense. Because in almost every poem of mine there is a loss. — Dan Quisenberry

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home. — Dan Quisenberry

I became a better pitcher when I found a delivery in my flaw. — Dan Quisenberry

It (his contract) has options through the year 2020 or until the last Rocky movie is made. — Dan Quisenberry

Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it. — Dan Quisenberry

I have seen the future and it's like the present, only longer. — Dan Quisenberry

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles. — Dan Quisenberry

I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts. — Dan Quisenberry

I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P. — Dan Quisenberry

Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard. — Dan Quisenberry

Strikes (1981) are real life. It took up seven weeks of real time. That's a fifth of a pregnancy. — Dan Quisenberry

It helps to be stupid if you're a relief pitcher. Relievers had to get into a zone of their own. I just hope I'm stupid enough. — Dan Quisenberry

When I came over here (the National League), I always heard it was a stronger league, with amphetamines all over the clubhouse, but all I found was Michelob Dry. — Dan Quisenberry

Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself. — Dan Quisenberry

He (Ted Simmons) didn't sound like a baseball player. He said things like 'nevertheless' and 'if, in fact. — Dan Quisenberry

Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers. — Dan Quisenberry

I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer. — Dan Quisenberry

The best thing about baseball is there's no homework. — Dan Quisenberry

The future is much like the present, only longer. — Dan Quisenberry

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain. — Dan Quisenberry

It's easy to enjoy your job and enjoy other people when things are going good. When you're faced with adversity is when the character of men is measured. There's a Mennonite proverb, 'Man, like a tree, is measured best when cut down.' — Dan Quisenberry