Quotes By Garth Brooks

Just keep taking chances and having fun.

There's a difference between knowing what's on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys.

I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.

It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.

I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.

Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.

As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.

Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid!

I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen.

I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.

You know Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.

No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.

The guys have told me not to quit my day job.

I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.

It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!

You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.

I'm much too young to feel this damn old.

I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me.

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.

If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.

While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.

I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.