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Top 17 Most Famous Bobby Murcer Quotes (BASEBALL)

Top 10 Most Famous Bobby Murcer Quotes (BEST)

“You decide you’ll wait for your pitch. As the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance. And then you think about your swing. Then you realize that the ball that went by you for a strike was your pitch.”

Bobby Murcer
You learn a lot about life when you're playing professional sports.Pin
You learn a lot about life when you’re playing professional sports.
I was very fortunate in my baseball career. I had a good arm and I could run and hit for average and power. I was a switch-hitter, and I could play three or four positions.Pin
I was very fortunate in my baseball career. I had a good arm and I could run and hit for average and power. I was a switch-hitter, and I could play three or four positions.
There are only two times in my life I've felt secure — when I was batting and when I was in center field.Pin
There are only two times in my life I’ve felt secure — when I was batting and when I was in center field.
Trying to hit Phil Niekro is like trying to eat jello with chopsticks. Sometimes you get a piece but most of the time you get hungry.Pin
Trying to hit Phil Niekro is like trying to eat jello with chopsticks. Sometimes you get a piece but most of the time you get hungry.

“Baseball is the greatest game because you play almost every day. When you do something great or you do something bad, you’ve got a chance to do it over the next day.”

Bobby Murcer
Every time you step on the field, you're writing a new page of history. That's the way I approached it.Pin
Every time you step on the field, you’re writing a new page of history. That’s the way I approached it.
When I first came up, I wasn't the most confident player. But I know if I didn't believe in myself, nobody else would.Pin
When I first came up, I wasn’t the most confident player. But I know if I didn’t believe in myself, nobody else would.
I love to get on base any way I can. I'm not a home run hitter, so I have to drive the pitchers crazy by hitting singles and doubles.Pin
I love to get on base any way I can. I’m not a home run hitter, so I have to drive the pitchers crazy by hitting singles and doubles.
If you give up on your dreams, what's leftPin
If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

7 Deep Bobby Murcer Quotes that will Make You Think

Mickey Mantle‘s a very nice man, but he’s a very selfish man as far as baseball’s concerned. He wants to go out there and show off his arm and say, ‘Hey, I can still throw the ball.’ I’m gonna get in his way and try to take everything he has.”

Bobby Murcer
If you could ever be around Mickey Mantle, your life is better for it.Pin
If you could ever be around Mickey Mantle, your life is better for it.
In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.Pin
In trying to avoid one sin I’ve committed another.
What makes a good pinch hitter I wish the hell I knew.Pin
What makes a good pinch hitter? I wish the hell I knew.
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.Pin
It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
The biggest game you can win is the biggest game of the year.Pin
The biggest game you can win is the biggest game of the year.
You know, a lot of people think I'm very dumb. But I got you all fooled. I really graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in economics.Pin
You know, a lot of people think I’m very dumb. But I got you all fooled. I really graduated from Oklahoma State with a degree in economics.
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