Mickey Rivers Quotations

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset.

It was so cold today that I saw a dog chasing a cat, and the dog was walking.

We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.

I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.

My goals are to hit .300, score 100 runs, and stay injury-prone.

He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul.

He's so ugly he should have to wear an oxygen mask.

What was the name of that dog on "Rin Tin Tin"?

The first thing you do when you get out to center field is put up your finger and check the wind chill factor.

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels.

Me and George and Billy are two of a kind.

He was lost out there. He was the lost Mohegan.

I was eating too well and getting too much rest. I take my old lady dancing every night now. Doin' the bump keeps your legs in shape.

I've been doing my two and a half miles every day and I've gained two pounds. My stomach is getting smaller but my butt's getting bigger.

No wonder you're all mixed up. You got a white man's first name, a Spanish man's second name and a black man's third name.

Once he gets in and just plays natural, be himself, he's going to do great. I like this guy. He's not afraid of anything, and that's how you have to be.

If you can stop him, you got a better chance, ... If you do that, the Angels aren't as hard to beat.

I like watching because that's my style of play, ... When he does what he does, I enjoy it.

You'd better stop readin' and writin' and start hittin' !

Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got control over 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying. Ain't no sense worrying about the things you got no control over 'cause if you got no control over 'em, ain't no sense worrying.

I might have to commute. You know, left field, DH, wherever.

Don't worry about things that you have no control over, because you have no control over them. Don't worry about things that you have control over, because you have control over them.

Out of what... a thousand?

I was brought up in Florida, so there isn't much difference between playing there and playing here. The climax are about the same.

Your first name's white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don't know who you are.

I like playing on this team. We actually been doin' real good. Got a different mix here. Most important thing is you gotta keep pickin' up in paces. That's why we're playing contentious play. We got top names, guys can still hit in the majors, guys been out of the game hittin' the ball, shockin' it. Don't have no old, old guys. Not sayin' they don't get a good job done. Fact is, they've been vice versa. So that's incentive right there. It's been a plus.

Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.