Baseball Life Quotes

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  Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

  Babe Ruth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

  Bo Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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  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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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  A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

  Jackie Robinson

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  "I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson". Book by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett, 1972.

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  Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Baseball, Opportunity, Games

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  You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

  Pete Rose

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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• Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

  Yogi Berra

  Baseball, Yankees, League

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• The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love.

  Bryant Gumbel

  Softball, Sports, Baseball

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• People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Sports, Baseball, Spring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Baseball, Swings, Hitting Home Runs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

  Satchel Paige

  Funny, Sports, Baseball

  "How to Keep Young," Collier's, 13 June 1953

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• I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Golf, Mlb

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• I stare out the window and wait for spring.

  Rogers Hornsby

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Spring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

  Nolan Ryan

  Beautiful, Baseball, Want

  Nolan Ryan (1990). “Throwing Heat: The Autobiography of Nolan Ryan”, Avon Books

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• Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

  Hilary Duff

  Leadership, Softball, Sports

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• Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off.

  Bill Veeck

  Softball, Baseball, Inspirational Sports

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

  Warren Spahn

  Sports, Baseball, Mlb

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.

  Bob Lemon

  Friendship, Sports, Baseball

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• Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

  Jim Bouton

  Teamwork, Sports, Baseball

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• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

  Babe Ruth

  Teamwork, Business, Play

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.

  Dave Barry

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• One of the beautiful things about baseball is the history.

  Jim Abbott

  Beautiful, Baseball, Pitching

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• 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

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice.

  Casey Stengel

  Baseball, Mlb, Practice

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