George Herman Quotes & Sayings

I'll win more games playing everyday in the outfield than I will pitching every fourth day. — George Herman

I hit big or I miss big. — George Herman

I'd play for half my salary if I could hit in this dump all the time. — George Herman

You're an actor, are you? Well, all that means is: you are irresponsible, irrational, romantic, and incapable of handling an adult emotion or a universal concept without first reducing it to something personal, material, sensational - and probably sexual! — George Herman

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go. — George Herman

Striking out batters was easy. — George Herman

As long as there is life, my dear friends, laughter will be the weapon of we who mock it even as we struggle to understand it. — George Herman

How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball. — George Herman

I've never heard a crowd boo a homer, but I've heard plenty of boos after a strikeout. — George Herman

Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. — George Herman

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime. — George Herman

The world is an asylum where the inmates keep the warders in their place. — George Herman

You know how bad my voice sounds - well it feels just as bad. — George Herman

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover. — George Herman

To my sick little pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today. — George Herman

I'd give a year of my life if I could hit a homerun on opening day of this great new park. — George Herman

The only real game - I think - in the world is baseball. — George Herman

I like to live as big as I can. — George Herman