"I would wilt."
Brady on what would happen
if he shaved his sideburns. (1992)
"It's a family tradition to beat up on the weak and the young."
After his Uncle Kevin congratulated him on playing with a broken rib. (1997)
"By themselves, they look pretty good. But it makes you laugh when you see nine guys walk by the dugout wearing them - until you realize you're wearing one too, and you stop laughing."
--On the O's grey hats. (1995)
"Gonz, if I wasn't hitting .178, I'd ask you to slow down."
To Rene Gonzalez as they sped to Toronto in a rainstorm.
"Gosh, that really does stink, doesn't it?"
on his pre -1992 .219 career average
"I'd love to get my hands on Abner Doubleday right now."
After going 0-5 in the second game of a doubleheader.
"I guess we've both been proving that we don't have a lot to do at night."
on the number of dinners he's had with Orioles owner Peter Angelos (1997)
"I don't want you to sound too intelligent because I still want the opposing players to think that you're mentally disturbed."
To Randy Myers while interviewing him for This Week in Baseball.
"With any luck, I'd be hitting .125 right now."
On his hard-luck beginning to the season
"I'd like my date to be alive. I think it would be more fun."
When asked what girl, living or dead he would like to have a date with.
"Yes, but those people don't know anything about my homeruns."
when asked if people on the street are calling him "Babe". (1996)
"It felt great walking back to the dugout."
when asked how his strained quad muscle felt after going 0-5.
"Well, I'm hitting right-handed now. I don't know if you noticed."
when asked if his cracked rib had caused him to change his hitting style. (1997)
"Roger, wherever you are, I won't be losing my hair, 'cause I won't be coming close to your record."
on his 1996 homerun chase of Roger Maris. (1996)
"What, did Boris Yeltsin cancel?"
After being asked to be a guest on Meet The Press. (1996)
"You make two straight All-Star games, they give you a baby."
Brady Anderson in the Orioles' locker room cradling Chris Hoiles's 14-month-old son, Dalton. When Anderson, a bachelor, drew quizzical stares from the Baltimore beat writers, he had a ready explanation. (1997)
"That's good. I was hoping I'd defend my title."
After being told he was voted "Top Butt" on the 1999 Orioles.
"They're like your brothers, with them every day, I was friends with Eric before. It's hard to take really."
On Eric Davis's cancer
"I'll never forget earlier in my career how Cal Sr. stayed with me, trying to help me become a better player when it might not have been the fashionable thing to do within the organization."
on Cal Ripken Sr.
"Part of me would like to be up there in the stands, with my dad, clapping for Cal."
on Cal Ripken's 2130 game (1995)
"Let's just say I wasn't worried about getting a ticket coming down here. If the slow people would've stayed in the right lane like they're supposed to, I would've made it quicker."
after making 160 mile trip in 2 hours and 20 minutes for a last minute spring training start.
"When you get the wind knocked out of you, you realize it happens every day to a football player and they always come out of it. But when it's you, you think it's going to be the one time someone doesn't make it."
After a collision with the outfield wall.
"He was jawing at me like he didn't hit me, which he has a tendency to do. And I was jawing back, which I have a tendency to do."
after arguing with Randy Johnson.
"The wall doesn't care if I make this catch. The wall doesn't care if we win this game. The wall doesn't care, but the fans do. I won't let the wall stop me."
"First of all, I played for about 5 hours; went 0-6 and you call me over and give me a certificate. That's all I get? Not a hug or a kiss or anything?"
To WBAL's Jeff Rimer during a post game interview.
"I only point when I ground out to second."
When asked if he points to the outfield before hitting a home run.
"See that? I can't be expected to produce in other roles. I'm a leadoff guy."
After having four extra base hits to lead off innings, then striking out when he came up as the third batter in an inning. (1994)
"There's not much you can do with this face. Might as well throw some sideburns on it."
"It's one of those things that when you're done playing it may be more important than it is now."
CF Brady Anderson, who became the third player in major league history to lead off both ends of a doubleheader with a home run on Saturday (Aug. 21).
"What I really want to do is catch. I'm serious. I think I should give Charlie (Charles Johnson) some days off. I can use (left - handed bullpen catcher) Sammy Snider's mitt."
September 2, 1999.
"I've always loved to catch things. I'd rather throw a football around a parking lot than watch the Super Bowl."
"Well, maybe, but I'd have to abandon my girlfriend {Amanda Coetzer} and take Lindsay as my partner. I'd need someone with a big serve."
talking about the 1999 Tennis Challenge.
"I wanted a little more violence. If a guy is going to come out and waste my time, I want him to get pummeled."
on the wrestling match between an umpire and a fan during the Cuban team's visit to Baltimore.
"I don't say 'dude' as much as you guys think, by the way."
During an HTS interview, Detroit 1996.
"The truth is, baseball is the most important thing in my life. It's what motivates me, keeps me going, frustrates me and the only thing in my life that really makes me content."
ESPN Sunday Conversation 1996
"Pretty good. Didn't you see my three stolen
bases yesterday? Pretty impressive, wasn't it?"
In response to Mike Flanagan's question, "How's the leg?" Detroit 1996.
"I'm a relationship fugitive, you know. There's danger around every corner."
on WBAL-TV 2/25/00
"I thought it was out of line they didn't set up the A-ball field for me. I'd get 27 at-bats."
after leading off every inning of both a AAA and AA game while rehabing in Florida.
"Sometimes, I'll be going to the Park and I'll see three little kids wearing my jersey. I'll say, 'That's cool. What am I doing? I have to sign today and play for free.'"
on his desire to remain with the Orioles, 1997
"I've seen a lot of guys do that, break their arms like
that. "I used to think, 'What are they doing? Don't they know how
to slide and catch a ball?' then I found out what they were doing."
on his sprained right wrist, August 2000
"It's his fault he was traded. He made himself into a great player. That's why they {the New York Mets} wanted him. If he stayed mediocre. he'd still be here."
On why Mike Bordick was traded, July 2000
"Thanks, I'll be doing a strip show, over there, later. I don't think that made it on your programs."
After a fan complimented him on his body, Fanfest 2001
"I just couldn't picture myself in a two-man outfield on that (right) side. I guess it's a messed up left-hander's thing.''
After making a game-saving double play from left field when he was officially still the right fielder.
"I know somebody better get me out there to pitch before I'm done. But I don't know about last night. My arm didn't feel great."
on his availability to pitch in a 14-6 loss in Philadelphia (2001)
"You see a lot of people crying in every town where he plays his last game, not just here in Baltimore. There are a lot of sad people here tonight. They're not sad for Cal. They're sad for themselves because they won't get to see him play anymore."
October 6, 2001
"Somebody like Cal can change people's life by watching how he lives his life."
October 6, 2001
"I keep thinking in my head that something positive is going to come from this experience. I haven't found it yet."
on his difficult 2001 season
"I've never been the type to complain about my situation. It's my thing. It's not anybody else's. I have to deal with it. If people want to criticize me, go ahead. Believe me, it's not worse for them than it is for me. People can say, 'He's washed up.' I'll just have to disprove them."
on his difficult 2001 season
"You hear people talking about someone becoming an overnight success. Yeah, it took me about 25 years to become an overnight success."
March 1997
"My Dad used to strike me out to end the game every time."
After hitting the game-winnning home run in the bottom of the 9th. April 1996
"Tell them I'm going to miss them."
Brady's message to his fans in Baltimore. (2002)
"If you have the option to sit around and wonder how weird it is, you've got too much time on your hands. Which I do, by the way."
On his return to Baltimore as a Cleveland Indian. (2002)
"Eddie Murray was ragging on me every day. I hacked six or seven inches off. I brought him a huge Zip Lock bag full of my hair and threw it in his locker. However much hair you think I had, double it. It looked like they sheared a moose."
On getting his hair cut. (2002)
"I'm not usually that emotional. . . It wasn't until we started driving through the city that it impacted me. I can't explain it. It just didn't seem right."
On his first trip to Baltimore since the
Orioles released him. (2002)