Quotes by : Jim Bouton

High school games would just as big a deal to me as any major league game.

The author emphasizes the importance of self-forgetfulness when his statistics were marred by a bad outing.....

The pitching coach was bugged by the author's technique because he had never seen anyone do it before,....

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other....

The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise....

The older they get, the better they get when they were younger

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for....

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for....