Bob Gibson Quotations

In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.

A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.

When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is the finest thing a man can do.

Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

A great catch is like watching girls go by. The last one you see is always the prettiest.

My pitching philosophy is simple. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

A curve ball is not something you can pick up overnight. It took me years to perfect mine.

I could be a real jerk on the days I was pitching.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.

Believe me, I would much rather get three outs on three pitches than three outs on nine pitches, because that's going to make me that much stronger at the end of the game. My pitching philosophy is simpe. I believe in getting the ball over the plate and not walking a lot of men.

Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch.

I owe the public just one thing - a good performance.

When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

He walked 1.9 men per nine innings, that's pretty good. I used to average about three or four -- I'd hit six or seven.

It is not something I earned or acquired or bought. It is a gift. It is something that was given to me -- just like the color of my skin.

Our focus is to try to connect with and embrace, relive that generation with us.

I think he (Zucker) would be happy either way. We're getting close to the deadline.

Why do I jave to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.

When you get a good cold snap in December and then it warms up and snows on top of the ice, it is real dangerous.

Everything is done to increase hitting and not help pitching. I think I'd take them to court if I was still playing. The same thing wins games now, though. If you don't have pitching, you don't win.

The unit at the University Hospital of North Tees has had pounds 10m spent on refurbishment over the last few years and to try and replicate this anywhere else would be absolute madness.

A fellow could work it with a hand, jiggle it or do whatever he thought was his secret way to catch fish.

This is a disaster. This is an industry-wide problem. Pricing is low and they're having to keep their prices down to compete.

It wasn't like that when I started out in Omaha (in 1957). I walked into the clubhouse here and I remember the one we had in Omaha was about one-third the size of that.

The Bay said that a number of people were doing their due diligence, so those are quite logical bidders.

It was just a natural thing for me. I don't know that I really worked on it. At some point every pitcher is in the same position in his mechanics ? how you get to that point will always be different.

I can't wait until the new one is built. New is good.