Lou Brock Quotes & Sayings

“Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.”

“We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.”

“Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.”

“You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.”

“When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.”

“Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give me a handbook on how to do it; they said do it. Under those conditions you go out and develop your own handbook.”

“If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.”

“The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.”

“Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.”

“The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.”