Bob Uecker Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves.”

“On TV the people can see it. On radio you've got to create it.”

“I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.”

“How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.”

“Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.”

“I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.”

“You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.”

“I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.”

“I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.”

“After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.”