“ There may be men that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do. ”
- Derek Jeter- Copy
- 2.9K
“ The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ”
- Bryant Gumbel- Copy
- 851
“ You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be – in baseball and in life. ”
- Pete Rose- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit. and. run. ”
- Branch Rickey- Copy
- 636
“ There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball. ”
- William Louis- Copy
- 2.6K
“ How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? ”
- Satchel Paige- Copy
- 380
“ You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. ”
- Roy Campanella- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common. ”
- Leroy Robert ‘Satchel’ Paige- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I see great things in baseball. It’s our game — the American game. It will take our people out. of. doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us. ”
- Walt Whitman- Copy
- 2.5K
“ My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. ”
- Hank Aaron- Copy
- 3.9K
“ Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off… the right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases. ”
- Rick Maksian- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. ”
- Babe Ruth- Copy
- 119
“ The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ”
- Bryant Gumbel- Copy
- 4K
“ Playing baseball is not real life. It’s a fantasy world… It’s a dream come true. ”
- Dale Murphy- Copy
- 500
“ I don’t care how long you’ve been around, you’ll never see it all. ”
- Bob Lemon- Copy
- 585
“ I swing big, with everything I’ve got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can. ”
- Babe Ruth- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Baseball is more than a game to me, it’s a religion. ”
- William Joseph Klem- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. ”
- Frederick B. Wilcox- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. ”
- Babe Ruth- Copy
- 3.3K
“ There are three types of baseball players: those who make things happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens. ”
- Tommy Lasorda- Copy
- 2.7K
“ The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball. ”
- Babe Ruth- Copy
- 2.3K
“ It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. ”
- A. Bartlett Giamatti- Copy
- 3.6K
“ I won’t be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat. ”
- Babe Ruth- Copy
- 2.5K
“ In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this. ”
- Willie Mays- Copy
- 2.9K
“ The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination. ”
- Tommy Lasorda- Copy
- 343
“ There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem — once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ”
- Al Gallagher- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is. ”
- Bob Feller- Copy
- 2.7K
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