Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

Quote by Bob Uecker

Topics: Ability Quotes, Play Quotes, Sports Quotes

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?...

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to?...

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with...

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with...

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the...

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the...

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then...

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then...

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living....

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living....

Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do...

Sure, women sportswriters look when they're in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do...

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't...

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

Sporting goods companies pay me not to endorse their products.

I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a...

I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a...

I knew when my career was over. In 1965, my baseball card came out with...

I knew when my career was over. In 1965, my baseball card came out with...

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second...

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second...

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them...

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick...

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but what you should have accomplished with...

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt

Instinct is untaught ability

Instinct is untaught ability