50 Baseball Quotes That Define the Game
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Inspirational Baseball Quotes
- “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” – Babe Ruth
- “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” – Yogi Berra
- “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
- “There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” – Derek Jeter
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” – Babe Ruth
- “You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be – in baseball and in life.” – Pete Rose
- “Champions behave like champions before they are champions.” – Bill Walsh
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra
- “The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
Funny Baseball Quotes
- “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” – Leo Durocher
- “Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.” – Yogi Berra
- “You don’t save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.” – Leo Durocher
- “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” – Yogi Berra
- “Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice versa.” – Casey Stengel
- “I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats.” – Yogi Berra
- “Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.” – Red Smith
- “You can observe a lot just by watching.” – Yogi Berra
- “The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.” – Yogi Berra
- “The only reason I don’t like playing in the World Series is I can’t watch myself play.” – Reggie Jackson
Motivational Quotes for Players and Teams
- “There’s no crying in baseball!” – Tom Hanks (A League of Their Own)
- “To succeed in baseball, as in life, you must make adjustments.” – Ken Griffey Jr.
- “The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” – Joe Paterno
- “Baseball teaches you how to deal with failure.” – Mike Trout
- “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (Often quoted in baseball coaching)
- “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” – Satchel Paige
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (often used by baseball coaches too!)
- “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” – Jackie Robinson
- “Play every game as if it’s your last.” – Derek Jeter
- “The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.” – Unknown
Quotes About the Spirit of the Game
- “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” – Yogi Berra
- “There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.” – Lou Gehrig
- “Baseball is more than a game. It’s like life played out on a field.” – Juliana Hatfield
- “You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.” – Jim Bouton
- “It ain’t over till it’s over.” – Yogi Berra
- “Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world.” – Babe Ruth
- “Baseball is a game of inches.” – Branch Rickey
- “There’s nothing like opening day. It’s a new beginning.” – Joe Torre
- “A man has to have goals—for a day, for a lifetime—and that was mine, to have people say, ‘There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.’” – Ted Williams
- “Baseball isn’t just a sport; it’s a story written every inning.” – Anonymous
Baseball Quotes for Coaches and Parents
- “You can’t win tomorrow’s games with yesterday’s home runs.” – Anonymous
- “Give me a kid who’s got heart and hustle, and I’ll take him over a natural talent every day.” – Unknown
- “Baseball is about talent, hard work, and strategy. But at its core, it’s about love.” – Mike Scioscia
- “Your job as a coach is to help your players become better people first and better athletes second.” – Tony Dungy
- “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.” – John Wooden
- “A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” – John Wooden
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden
- “Baseball is a game of failure. Those who succeed learn to fail well.” – Anonymous
- “Let your kids dream. They might surprise you.” – Unknown
- “There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” – Tommy Lasorda
