Bob Gibson Quotes

People make it sound like it was easy, like all I had to do was stare at a hitter or throw inside and they’d wilt. It wasn’t like that. It wasn’t easy. There wasn’t anything easy about it.

Hank Aaron could hit God’s fastball.

I've played a couple of hundred games of tic-tac-toe with my little daughter and she hasn't beaten me yet. I've always had to win. I've got to win.

People don’t know what it was like to be a young black pitcher in those days.

I guess I was never much in awe of anybody. I think you have to have that attitude if you're going to go far in this game.

I wasn’t mean. I don’t buy into any of it. You hear people talk about this glare that I had. You know, I’ve been wearing glasses for almost 60 years. I wasn’t glaring...I just couldn’t see the catcher’s signals. I was just trying to see. That’s all. But people turn everything into something else.

Is that all I did?...Hit batters? Is that really all they remember?...I wasn’t trying to intimidate anybody — are you kidding me? I was just trying to survive, man.

When a hitter like Pete LaCock hits a grand slam off you, it’s time to hang them up.

I’m proud of that fact that whatever I did, I did it my way.

In a world filled with hate, prejudice and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice and protest. I hate phonies. I am prejudiced against all those who have contempt for me because my face is black and all those who accept me only because of my ability to throw a baseball. I am not proud of that ability. It is not something I earned or acquired or bought. It is a gift.

Robert, the scales must be balanced no matter how long it takes.