Top 25 Sean Doolittle Quotes

Our union helps ensure that we earn fair pay and benefits.

An A’s fan made me a Darth Vader helmet but painted in A’s colors.

I think it’s important to realize that the players who are protesting aren’t protesting the anthem. They’re not protesting the flag. People kind of move the goalposts on them and try to tell them what they’re protesting. But as they keep saying, that’s not what they’re protesting.

One thing that bothers me is the way that people use veterans and troops almost as a shield. They say that’s the reason they stand and that veterans deserve to be honored and respected during the anthem. But where is that outrage in taking better care of veterans?

I feel like I’ve always believed what I believed. I’ve just become more vocal about it.

There are some guys that can roll out of bed and they can throw 96 from the very first outing. I’ve just never been one of those guys.

If you‘re gonna do museums, some of the best in the world are in D.C.

Baseball came before a lotta things in my life.

If you’re going to come to D.C. and it’s your first time here, see the view from the bottom of the Washington Monument, looking out over the Reflecting Pool to the Lincoln. And see the Jefferson Memorial. It’s so beautiful and such a part of the history of the city.

You can’t have an ego in the bullpen. At the end of the day, we’re a group. We’re only as good as the sum of our parts. Whatever you’re called on to do that day, you’ve got to be willing to do it for the boys.

I mean, in A ball, there were five of us in a two-bedroom apartment. In Double-A, I think there were like eight of us in a four-bedroom house. There’s a lot of that going on so that guys can… and the whole time, you’re sleeping on air mattresses and you’re using Rubbermaid bins as furniture.

I used to care a lot about what other people thought – like teammates.

I try to stay involved with veterans’ issues. I work with some veterans charities.

It feels weird to say there’s more to me than that, like I’m being overdramatic, and a tear rolls down my cheek. But, no – I do like I feel like there’s more to me than just baseball.

A lot of these guys come to America and baseball was their ticket to give their family a better life… They’re incredibly grateful for the opportunity to play this game.

If you get mad at something that says ‘Love Wins,’ I don’t know what to tell you.

By the time I was in first grade, we had settled in New Jersey, and that’s where I grew up, outside of Philadelphia, right in the heart of Eagles country.

I think my patriotism is strong enough to not be offended when somebody takes a knee during the anthem. That’s not something I take personally.

I’ve pitched in a lot of different roles in my career. I’ve been the middle-inning guy. I’ve been a lefty matchup guy. I’ve closed. I’ve kind of done a little bit of everything.

The National Mall is a special place for my wife and I. We got married on Signers Island in Constitution Gardens. It’s a little spot tucked away on the National Mall. There are lots of places like that where you can find a quiet place to get away from it all.

When I was a kid, I remember my parents would say, ‘Baseball is what you do, but that’s not who you are’ – like that might be my job, but that’s not the end-all, be-all. I feel like I might even be able to use it to help other people or open some doors or explore more opportunities.

To baseball players, our caps are sacred. We integrate our caps into our strange routines and superstitions, removing and replacing them on our heads with ritual precision so they sit just so.

In an All-Star game the players are having more fun than usual and showing their personalities more than usual. And there are guys in this game – I’m not one of them – who are historically good. First-ballot Hall of Famers.

Maybe I’m biased because I’m a pitcher, but I think that’s pretty cool that a guy can throw a ball 100 miles an hour.

I came from a military family, so there are a lot of things I think about when the anthem is playing.