Lou Brock Quotes

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.

Lou Brock

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

Lou Brock

Jim Crow was king... and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive.

Lou Brock

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Lou Brock

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

Lou Brock

The stiffer the penalty, the greater the message is sent.

Lou Brock

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Lou Brock

When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the problem quickly. He cut the legs off the bed.

Lou Brock

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one can ever master the game of baseball, or conquer it. You can only challenge it.

Lou Brock

Your bat is your life. It's your weapon. You don't want to go into battle with anything that feels less than perfect.

Lou Brock