Quotes by Dan Quisenberry

About Dan Quisenberry:

Dan Raymond "Quiz" Quisenberry was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Kansas City Royals. Notable for his submarine-style pitching delivery and his humorous quotes, he led the American League in saves a record five times (1980, 1982–85), and retired in 1990 with 244 saves, then the 6th-highest total in major league history.
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The best thing about baseball is there's no homework.

Dan Quisenberry

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

Dan Quisenberry

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 employm...

Dan Quisenberry

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

Dan Quisenberry

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

Dan Quisenberry

The future is much like the present, only longer.

Dan Quisenberry

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

Dan Quisenberry

A manager uses a relief pitcher like a six shooter, he fires until it's empty then takes the gun and throws it at the villain.

Dan Quisenberry

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

Dan Quisenberry

Our fielders have to catch a lot of balls, or at least deflect them to someone who can.

Dan Quisenberry

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.

Dan Quisenberry

I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

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.

Dan Quisenberry

Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.

Dan Quisenberry

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

Dan Quisenberry

I'm probably the only relief pitcher who has more saves than strikeouts.

Dan Quisenberry

Author Bio

  • NameDan Quisenberry
  • DescriptionAmerican baseball player
  • BornFebruary 7, 1953
  • DiedSeptember 30, 1998
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBaseball Player