Quotes by W. P. Kinsella

You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

People will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.

A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.

To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?

The great thing about baseball is that there's a crisis every day.

Baseball is a ballet without music. Drama without words.

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.

When life throws you a curveball, hit it out of the park.

Baseball is a game of simple skills played by complex people.

Every game is a new beginning, a fresh start.

A game of baseball is a reminder that time is precious.

Each of us is the sum of our memories. We are the stories we live!

Baseball breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

In baseball, every strike brings you closer to the next home run.

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

You must always be open to change. Always.

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with people not wanting to make mistakes.

There is nothing in this world so wonderful as the delight of a child at play.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

You can't change the past. You can only learn from it and try to make better decisions in the future.

Baseball is a game of inches.

Memories are precious, but they have to be shared.

When I sit in the stands and watch a baseball game, it is like a dream come true.

In baseball, you don't know nothing.

Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say, 'This is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better.'

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

A ball game is an island of certainty in an uncertain world.

Goodbye is such a difficult word to say.

Life is full of small delights. The trick is to appreciate them.

The only thing better than a game of baseball is the dream of playing in the majors.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

If you build it, he will come.

Baseball is the most perfect of games, solid, true, pure and precious as diamonds. If only life were so simple.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

All that matters is the ending, its the most important part of the story, the ending.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.