You get to the big leagues, and you think, 'Can I do this stuff?' Then you take the first pitch down the middle for Strike 1, and you think, 'I could have hit that.'

- Joe Torre

If you're in the minor leagues, you want to get to the majors.

- Ryne Sandberg

At my growing years of 18 to 21 years old in the Minor Leagues, I dreamed of being a Philadelphia Phillie.

- Ryne Sandberg

You know, when you first come up, and you get called up to the big leagues, all you want to do is just, you just want to have a career, a nice career. You want to make a living at it.

- Rafael Palmeiro

Every franchise of both leagues will remain in its present location.

- Pete Rozelle

There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

- Parminder Nagra

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

- Nick Johnson

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

- Matt Kemp

I'm a great bowler. I was in a couple of leagues as a kid.

- Matthew Morrison

I was glad to play in the Negro Leagues. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

- Leon Day

I've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.

- Alex Rodriguez

I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.

- Darrell Hammond

I was such a screwup when I got to the big leagues. I was a total idiot.

- Curt Schilling

I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues.

- Cal Ripken, Jr.

Just about every Latin American country has sent players to the big leagues, from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica.

- Cheech Marin

In the Negro Leagues, I played every day.

- Buck Leonard

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played nineteen.

- Bert Campaneris

Before broadcasting for 50-some years, I did TV, played 10 years in the big leagues, won a world championship - and played a big part in that, too, letting the Cardinals inject me with hepatitis. Takes a big man to do that.

- Bob Uecker

Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.

- Adam Petty

All of a sudden I'm in the major leagues and we're traveling from town to town. I see the other players dressing different every day. I've got only one suit and I keep wearing it over and over. I'm really embarrassed.

- Al Kaline