Dan Quisenberry Quotes

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

- 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

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

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

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- 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

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry

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

- Dan Quisenberry