Baseball Motivational Quotes
My favorite of the many baseball motivational quotes to
share with others so far is...
“During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.”
-- Mickey Mantle
It shows that successful players don’t always succeed at every single bat. The key is that they don’t give up and stop swinging.
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Babe Ruth
Baseball Motivational Quotes
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
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
--Babe Ruth
(Ty) Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
--Babe Ruth
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery.
--Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Baseball Motivational Quotes
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
-- Ty Cobb
The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.
-- Ty Cobb
I never could stand losing. Second place didn't interest me. I had a fire in my belly.
-- Ty Cobb
Willie Mays
Baseball Motivational Quotes
-- Willie Mays
People talk about that catch and, I've said this many times, that I've made better catches than that many times in regular season. But of course in my time, you didn't have a lot of television during the regular season. A lot of people didn't see me do a lot of things.
-- Willie Mays
I would try and help everybody, because the game was so easy for me. It was just like walking in the park.
-- Willie Mays
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
-- Willie Mays
I didn't say I was that smart, I said I went to class and I enjoyed what I was doing.
-- Willie Mays
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 constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.
-- Willie Mays
Other Great Baseball
Inspirational and Motivational Quotes
--Lou Brock
You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possible be - in baseball and in life.
-- Pete Rose
Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.
-- George F. Will
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
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
-- Earl Wilson
Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business, and too much of a business to be called a sport.
-- Philip Wrigley
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
Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.
-- Red Smith
My pitching philosophy is simple – keep the ball away from the bat.
-- Satchel Paige
It is well to remember that a Martian observing his first baseball game would be quite correct in concluding that the last two words of the National Anthem are: PLAY BALL!
-- Herbert H. Paper
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
Well, boys, it’s a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.
-- Joe Schultz
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.
-- Ron Shelton
I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ball park, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats.
-- Bill Veeck
I hope these baseball motivational quotes were able to inspire.
Many feel that the top three baseball players of all time are Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Ty Cobb. These greats, and every other player quoted, found that joy coupled with dedication - lead to their success. Share these great baseball motivational quotes to inspire and motivate.
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