Bob Uecker Quotes

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
Bob Uecker

Wait, Until, Pick

I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I've enjoyed doing the games. I don't ever go to the park where I don't have a good day. I don't like losing. But I don't think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don't think once.
Bob Uecker

Good, Hope, Bad

I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.
Bob Uecker

Career, Baseball, Picture

When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
Bob Uecker

In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
Bob Uecker

Year, Second, Player

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.
Bob Uecker

Play, Big, Able

Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times.
Bob Uecker

Lost, Baseball, Old

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

Wait, Until, Pick

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don't even get printed.
Bob Uecker

Hope, Fact, Records

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.
Bob Uecker

Happy, Game, Living

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

Baseball, After, Else

Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.
Bob Uecker

Baseball, Proud, Playing

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
Bob Uecker

Career, Two, Against

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

Laugh, Career, Weird

I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.
Bob Uecker

Off, Once, Player

I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
Bob Uecker

While, Playing, Asked

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
Bob Uecker

Winter, Lasted, Slumps

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.
Bob Uecker

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
Bob Uecker

Hair, Though, Liked

I make fun of situations and try and find the humor in things, but it's never at the expense of the other guy.
Bob Uecker

Humor, Fun, Find

I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.
Bob Uecker

Made, Maybe, Top

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.
Bob Uecker

Today, Two, Put

I was acting when I was playing baseball.
Bob Uecker

Baseball, Acting, Playing

If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.
Bob Uecker

Forward, Around, Talk

Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
Bob Uecker

Baseball, Done, Working

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Nationality: American

Born: January 26, 1935

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