Famous Baseball Quotes

• Never let your dreams go away.

  Mike Piazza

  Baseball, Dream, Going Away

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  There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

  Derek Jeter

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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• I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.

  Mickey Mantle

  Baseball, Inspirational Sports, Motivational Sports

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• If you don't know where you're going any road will do

  Lewis Carroll

  Baseball, Travel, Goals Dreams

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• I never said most of the things I said.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Witty

  "Yogi Berra, baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees catcher, dies at 90" by Alan Evans, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2015.

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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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• A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

  Earl Wilson

  Baseball, Motivational Sports, Games

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• Bill Dickey is learning me his experience.

  Yogi Berra

  Baseball, Yankees, Bills

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• A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime.

  Ted Williams

  Baseball, Men, Goal

  Ted Williams, John Underwood (1988). “My Turn at Bat: The Story of My Life”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• If you don't know where you are currently standing, you're dead.

  Samuel Beckett

  Baseball, Goals Dreams, Yankees

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  Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back.

  Babe Ruth

  Success, Baseball, Fear

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• I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.

  Pete Rose

  Sports, Baseball, Mlb

  Pete Rose, Rick Hill (2004). “My Prison Without Bars”, p.69, Rodale

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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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• The doctors x-rayed my head and found nothing.

  Dizzy Dean

  Funny, Baseball, Stupid

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

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• Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Years

  Babe Ruth, Bob Considine (1948). “The Babe Ruth story as told to Bob Considine: with 49 photos”

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• If I'd just tried for them dinky singles I could've batted around .600.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Singles

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• There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball.

  Bill Veeck

  Baseball, Winter, Mlb

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• If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.

  Babe Ruth

  Sports, Baseball, Cemetery

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

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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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• I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

  Sandy Koufax

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

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• I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Sports, Baseball

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• So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

  Yogi Berra

  Beauty, Baseball, Yankees

  Quoted in Paul Dickson, Baseball's Greatest Quotations (1991)

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• Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

  Yogi Berra

  Motivational, Baseball, Coaching

  Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 2 Apr. 1984

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• We made too many wrong mistakes.

  Yogi Berra

  Funny, Baseball, Mistake

  Yogi Berra (1998). “The Yogi Book”, p.36, Workman Publishing

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