Inspirational Baseball Quotes

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  Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

  Babe Ruth

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

  Babe Ruth

  Success, Baseball, Fear

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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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  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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• 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

  Motivational, Summer, Softball

  "The Green Fields of the Mind," Yale Alumni Magazine, Nov. 1977

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

  Bob Lemon

  Friendship, Sports, Baseball

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• Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain.

  Leo Durocher

  Baseball, Inspiration, Rain

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• The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

  Joe Paterno

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• Every hitter likes fastballs, just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's what it feels like when Nolan Ryan's thrown balls by you.

  Reggie Jackson

  Baseball, Ice Cream, Mlb

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.

  Ken Harrelson

  Sports, Baseball, Team

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• Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.

  Red Smith

  Sports, Baseball, Home

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• Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.

  Woodie Held

  Baseball, Swings, Balls

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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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• Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.

  Warren Spahn

  Sports, Baseball, Mlb

  "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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• 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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• 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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• It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.

  Pete Rose

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

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• Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.

  Jackie Robinson

  Baseball, Gambling, Mlb

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• The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

  Steve Garvey

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

  "There's No I in Team, But Me Plays a Big Role" by Tom Gerdy, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 19, 2012.

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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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• How can you think and hit at the same time?

  Yogi Berra

  Sports, Baseball, Yoga

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