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. ”