Funny Sporting Quotes - Baseball

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"I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."
- Andre Dawson (outfielder for the Chicago Cubs), when asked about being a role model to the youth of America Andre Dawson was an at the time.

"Today I am the greatest of all time."
- Ricky Henderson on May 1, 1991, after he eclipsed Lou Brock's stolen base record of 938. He held the base over his head as he proclaimed this to the crowd

"This has been a team effort. No one or two guys could have done all this."
- Casey Stengel, after the Mets lost 120 games in their inaugural season in 1962

"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them"
- Yogi Berra, New York Yankee

"No one goes to that restaurant anymore. It's too crowded."
- Yogi Berra, New York Yankee

"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four"
- Yogi Berra, New York Yankee

"If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
Baseball announcer