50 Baseball Quotes Every Fan Should Know
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Inspirational Baseball Quotes
- “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
- “There are only two seasons—winter and baseball.” – Bill Veeck
- “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” – Yogi Berra
- “You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be – in baseball and in life.” – Pete Rose
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra
- “Baseball teaches you that you can’t win every time.” – Unknown
Funny Baseball Quotes
- “Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting.” – Yogi Berra
- “I see great things in baseball. It’s our game—the American game.” – Walt Whitman
- “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.” – Yogi Berra
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Wes Westrum
- “I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.” – Rogers Hornsby
- “You can’t think and hit at the same time.” – Yogi Berra
- “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” – Yogi Berra
- “Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.” – Warren Spahn
- “There’s no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own
- “I coulda been a contender.” – Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront, often quoted by baseball fans)
Quotes from Baseball Legends
- “I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.” – Hank Aaron
- “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” – Babe Ruth (via The Sandlot)
- “Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth
- “If you don't think baseball is a big deal, don't do it. But if you do, do it right.” – Derek Jeter
- “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan (who briefly played baseball)
- “I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that's to give all I've got to help my ball club win.” – Joe DiMaggio
- “The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.” – Babe Ruth
- “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson
- “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” – Lou Gehrig
- “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three-run homers.” – Earl Weaver
Motivational Baseball Quotes
- “It ain't over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “Success isn’t something that just happens – success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.” – Sparky Anderson
- “Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.” – Juliana Hatfield
- “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
- “There’s always some kid who may be seeing me for the first or last time, I owe him my best.” – Joe DiMaggio
- “The more you practice, the luckier you get.” – Gary Player
- “Champions keep playing until they get it right.” – Billie Jean King
- “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (Also applies perfectly to baseball)
Quotes for Every Baseball Fan
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “Sometimes the only thing fair in life is a ball hit between first and third.” – Unknown
- “It's a great day for a ball game; let’s play two!” – Ernie Banks
- “No matter how good you are, you’re going to lose one-third of your games.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “There’s always next year.” – Every loyal fan ever
- “Baseball is not a game but a religion in this country.” – Gene Mauch
- “Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn’t lend itself to television.” – George Carlin
- “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.” – Field of Dreams
- “Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.” – Unknown
- “In baseball, as in life, all the important things happen at home.” – Unknown
