Kruk Quotes & Sayings

On this Twitter thing, at least five people a day say 'bring back the mullet.' My wife told me I'm not allowed. Troy Tulowitzki wants me to grow a rat-tail for his charity. I was like, 'What the heck is a rat-tail?' — John Kruk

My wife told me I'm not as disgusting to her as I used to be. — John Kruk

Icy pillars of serenity, spun from airy mist, entered my quiet vision in echoes of worlds unknown. — Gina Marinello-Sweeney

I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player. — John Kruk

Too many managers manage by what the postgame press conference is going to be. — John Kruk

Scientists are aware that all the lab-rat tests in the world, once compiled, can tell us only how lab rats act when tested, and that is how we must begin to view school: all that you can learn in a school classroom is what goes on inside a school classroom. — Anne Elizabeth Moore

When I first came in the league, I thought Jack Clark and Steve Garvey were big. Then all of sudden it seemed like everyone was that big. — John Kruk

I did several interesting jobs, working in restaurants, I worked at a lab rat farm, feeding and watering all these rats. Then I got a full-time job as a technical writer for a large scientific research laboratory. — Kevin J. Anderson

I hated baseball. I really didn't like baseball at all until someone decided they were going to pay me ... Every year I played in the big leagues, the day the season ended, I called my buddies in West Virginia and said, 'I'll be home tomorrow.' — John Kruk

I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself too often. — John Kruk

Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer — John Kruk

I swear, I wanna be your underwear. — Bryan Adams

People in West Virginia do have cars. We have indoor plumbing. We even use knives and forks. — John Kruk

If someone from Germany or somewhere, who had no idea what baseball was, saw Kruk play, he'd wonder what the beer truck driver was doing playing first base. — Andy Van Slyke

I've never worked with an acting coach, but my parents had acting classes and I grew up around them my whole life just because I didn't have a babysitter. — Blake Lively

I would think I drive most hitting coaches crazy. During one single at-bat I used six different stances on six pitches. Oh yeah, I also struck out. So what do I know? — John Kruk

And there's no such thing as too much back-up. — Stephen Baxter

Post-traumatic shock,' said Shaun. 'He thinks he's a boa constrictor. — Mira Grant

If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall. — John Kruk

I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red. — Rick Riordan

People who take more than 2 weeks to plan a wedding are pussies — Riki Lindhome

Books are one thing I love above all else. In a story, I can become anyone, travel any place. In those pages lives my only true freedom. — Sherry D. Ficklin

You hear players, media people, say that it's tough to play in Philly in front of these fans, to those people I say: you didn't have the guts to succeed here! — John Kruk

There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip — Mitt Romney

I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player. — John Kruk