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The great thing about catchers is that they do a lot of different things, and they're basically overlooked.

A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn't the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn't going to say every day, 'Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.'

I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics.

A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.

I see myself as an average to above-average catcher in the big leagues.

You have to have a catcher because if you don't you're likely to have a lot of passed balls.

Two hundred million Americans, and there ain't two good catchers among 'em.

A lot of these catchers don't understand that they are blocking the plate and they don't have the ball. You're not allowed to block the plate without the ball.

If you believe your catcher is intelligent and you know that he has considerable experience, it is a good thing to leave the game almost entirely in his hands.

No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.