Nolan Ryan Quotes

"I came into the game when I broke into the major leagues, the minimum salary was seven thousand dollars, and I'd have to go home in the wintertime and get a job."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Home, Job)

"I can honestly say it took two full years for me to get over the fact that I was no longer a baseball player."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Baseball, Fact, Years)

"I feel very fortunate that I played for the four organizations I did."
- Nolan Ryan

"I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Angels, Career, Years)

"It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be."
- Nolan Ryan

"I am going to spend my time today just thanking the people that played a role in my career, because I truly do believe that I was blessed by a lot of people that paths crossed mine as I went down the road in my career."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Time, People, Career, Road, Today)

"One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Baseball, Want)

"I had the pleasure, as Robin said, to live a childhood dream as many young Americans and Puerto Rican children live that play youth baseball. And I feel honored and very thankful for that opportunity."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Dream, Opportunity, Americans, Baseball, Childhood, Children, Play, Pleasure, Youth)

"When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Angels)

"My job is to give my team a chance to win."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Chance, Job)

"And that's what makes this a great game, is the support and the commitment that the fans give the game."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Commitment, Fans, Support)

"It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy."
- Nolan Ryan

"I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Family, Life, Thought, Baseball)

"And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Opportunity, Negative, Positive, Giving)

"And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Career)

"And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Family, Wife, Children, Job, Play)

"And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Family, Trust, Baseball)

"Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Limits)

"Baseball life is a tough life on the family."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Family, Life, Baseball)

"Dick Moss, my agent. Dick became my agent in 1979 when I signed my contract with the Houston Astros."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Houston)

"Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Change, Success, Talent, Opportunity, Ability, Being, Open, Will)

"And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Time, Coach, First, Houston, Name, Weight)

"For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else."
- Nolan Ryan
(Related: Life, Baseball, Children, Nothing, Years)