Christy Mathewson Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Christy Mathewson:

A young ballplayer looks on his first spring training trip as a stage struck young woman regards the theater.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#1767c293

I owe everything I have to them when I'm out there on the mound. But I owe the fans nothing and they owe me nothing when I am not pitching.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#99948e76

Anybody's best pitch is the one the batters ain't hitting that day.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#1daf9a4f

A boy cannot begin playing ball too early. I might almost say that while he is still creeping on all fours he should have a bouncing rubber ball.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#63334cbb

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#4d127865

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they can talk of nothing else under the sun but acting. It's exactly the same way with baseball players. Your heart must be in your work.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#31de362e

A pitcher is not a ballplayer.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#7f71b2d6

You can learn little from victory. You can learn everything from defeat.
~Christy Mathewson


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/christy-mathewson-quotes/#28104b35

Find Christy Mathewson on Ebay!