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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

I have seen the future, and it is much like the present, only longer.

The future is much like the present, only longer.

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